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Elena Tablada's tribute to Cuba: "With the hope that one day, soon, I can see you free"

"My decadent, blocked, frozen Cuba... Your people, your lots, your flavors, your colors"


Two days after being eliminated from the programdancing with the stars, Elena Tablada He shared on his Instagram account a video of a salsa dance that never saw the light of day, along with some emotional words "for my beautiful land, for my beautiful Cuba, my roots and my blood, thicker than mango juice."

"My decadent, blocked, frozen Cuba... Your people, your lots, your flavors, your colors... Here I offer this tribute to you, with the hope that one day, soon, I can see you free and be able to wake up dancing through the streets of a reinvented Havana," added the Spanish businesswoman and designer in this Tuesday's post, where she is seen dancing with the second - and last - partner she had on the program and whom she expressly thanked.

His words were accompanied by the hashtags patriayvida andcubanola -as she describes herself in her profile.

In the comments, many regretted that she was no longer in the contest and quite a few applauded her dancing. Others, however, thanked him for the pride he always shows in his Cuban roots and his messages of support.

"Thank you for all the Cubans, for always carrying your Cubanness high, for me you won"; "A gentleman's dance and the way you dance it is spectacular. Keep everything positive and move forward. A hug and a lot of encouragement for Cuba," they told him.

This is not the first time, however, that the young woman born in Madrid, daughter of Cuban parents, is proud of her roots or shares a message of solidarity or empathy for what the Cuban people are suffering.

"I want my Cuba Libre. #PATRIAYVIDA.No more abuse, no more chains, no more lies. CUBA BELONGS TO ALL MY PEOPLE. CUBA NEEDS HELP #SOSCuba," he said in July 2021, shortly after the historic protests on the island.

A few years before, in 2018, the designerShe married businessman Javier Ungría in Havana., whom she later divorced in August 2022.

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