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Azerbaijan is in the center of another scandal in the sports’ world. In Uruguay, on the eve of presidential elections in one of the most important football clubs of the country - "Peñarol", all candidates voted against Azerbaijan’s presidency in the club, European edition of "Eurosport" reports.

Club followed the example of its colleagues from Argentine – the club "San Lorenzo" – which Azerbaijan wanted to provide financial support to, demanding instead to exclude the ethnic Armenians from the team.

As the Armenian National Committee of Uruguay reports, all presidential candidates of "Peñarol" unanimously decided that the discriminatory preconditions of Azerbaijan are unacceptable for the South American country.

The current president of "Peñarol" Juan Pedro Damiani stated that if the club receives such a proposal it will follow the example of its colleagues and will refuse the sponsorship of Azerbaijan. Another presidential candidate Marcelo Areco expressed his surprise at the fact that Madrid "Atletico" could accept Azerbaijan’s financial support with such conditions. In its turn, the current vice-president of the club Edgar Welker noted that "acceptance of such conditions would be very deplorable."

The site of the Armenian community of Argentina "Prensa Armenia" adds that in July officials of Azerbaijan put forward preconditions saying that in the future no ethnic Armenians should be included in "San Lorenzo". Instead, Azerbaijan offered "a lucrative contract" to the club. The issue acquired relevance in "Penarol", as some of the candidates are members of the Armenian community, the article reads.

The Azerbaijani media also claim about the presence of anti-Armenian air in Azerbaijan in recent years. Thus, the Azerbaijani newspaper "Yeni Musavat" writes that Armenophobia in Azerbaijan has reached such an extent that for a safe stay in this country one needs only to accuse someone in being "Armenian" or of having "pro-Armenian dispositions." According to Azerbaijani media recently in articles and stories about Armenia and the Armenians published in the press the insulting speech, swearing and unflattering remarks is increasing. In early November, the head of the Examining Division, programming and analysts of the National Television and Radio Council of Azerbaijan Tavakkyul Dadashov in turn called on Azerbaijani media to continue using insulting speech in the articles about Armenia.