MADRID, Spain.- Cuban actress Beatriz Valdés shared with Cuba Diary his deep sadness at the current situation in his native country, describing the lack of opportunities and economic precariousness as the main drivers of mass emigration of Cubans.
In the interview, Valdés reflects on the need for creativity and resilience for emigrated artists, who must adapt and start over in difficult environments. “The only alternative for Cubans is to leave, and that is very painful,” he said.
Always remembered as “The Beauty of the Alhambra,” the actress emphasizes the painful reality of Cubans who must leave their country in search of better living conditions, highlighting the lack of development and economic opportunities as critical factors. “The economic precariousness, the lack of opportunities, the destruction of the city due to lack of maintenance hurts. It hurts that more and more people are placing their life hopes on leaving the country, and that the years go by and, far from opening up economic opportunities for the country to develop, the only alternative is to leave. That is regrettable, terrible, very painful,” she added.
This is not the first time that the actress has spoken out about the reality of Cuba. “I am deeply saddened by what is happening in terms of repression, the mutilation of opinion in the country and especially the young people who are imprisoned for defending the possibility and the right they have to have a better life,” said Valdés on the program Derecho a Réplica by director Ian Padró last year.
“I don’t even want to imagine that my son was one of those who took to the streets (on 11J) and did not return home,” she added on that occasion, referring to the thousands of Cubans who remain imprisoned for the protests of July 11, 2021.
Valdés, known for her career in film, theater and television, lives in Miami after a second migration from Venezuela, where she also experienced the ravages of instability.
In the aforementioned conversation with Cuba Diary She said that she is currently preparing a personal project that will bring together creators from Cuba and Venezuela. “It has been extraordinary to explore our memory, our culture and share it with the Venezuelans who are here. I am very attached to Venezuela. I feel that Cuba and Venezuela are so deeply rooted, that it is as simple as it is inevitable. Being divided by these two powerful cultures makes me feel that I am multiplying, that I have much more wealth, that I have an increasingly nourishing source of affection and I am very privileged for that,” she said in reference to this.
In the early 1990s, Beatriz disappeared from Cuban television and cinema. The actress emigrated to Venezuela, motivated by love. On a shoot, she met a member of the technical team and they began a relationship. Although this did not prosper, Valdés settled in Caracas with her young son.
He started on Venezuelan television in 1993 in Fura soap opera made by the production company Marte TV. She then moved to RCTV, where she stayed for four years and finally was hired by Venevisión where she did most of the soap operas of those years and her best characters.
Despite loving her life in Caracas, in 2018 she closed her house and left with her son for Miami to start from scratch, once again. In an interview with CNN, she confessed: “I left Cuba because I fell in love and Venezuela because I was scared.” Her son was assaulted twice, there was no more work, the prosperous country that welcomed her was falling apart.
When she left Cuba she was a very popular face for television audiences. In addition to the character of Rachel, which made her famous, Beatriz Valdés had worked on the television series Something more than dreaming, and in films like Birds shooting at the shotgun, Distance y Like life itself.
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2024-07-10 06:03:08
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