Cuban broadcaster Marisela Alfonso Madrigal, who has been living in Spain since last June, recently shared a testimony on social media about her experience after emigrating from the country where she was born.
Madrigal expressed on Facebook last Friday that he felt great satisfaction in having achieved a level of freedom and well-being that he never attained in Cuba, despite his decades of effort.
"I am a fortunate and blessed woman; I have a job, and with my effort and dedication, I am achieving for my partner and my family what I could never accomplish in Cuba in over 20 years," she wrote in her post, highlighting that after emigrating, she is finally able to realize the dreams that she would never have achieved in the Caribbean nation.
The host reflected on how her talent was not appreciated in Cuba, one of the reasons why she decided to escape: “I reject the notion that no one is a prophet in their own land. I succeeded through my talent, and it did me no good.”
Madrigal emphasized that, at the age of 53, he is finally experiencing freedom in its fullest form, something he considers invaluable. “Today, at 53, I breathe freedom, and believe me, that is priceless,” he stated.
Recently, in an interview with host Abel Álvarez for his YouTube program "Abel en cualquier parte," Madrigal admitted that he fled Cuba to avoid imprisonment.
“How was that moment of telling your parents, who are over 80 years old, that you were leaving?” was the question that sparked part of the speaker's response about her motivations for leaving the island.
"Look, I'm going to tell you something, that's a really painful situation, really tough. I think about it and it gives me a knot here (in my throat)," Marisela said while trying to answer the question.
The announcer recounted that she sat her parents down and told them that "due to all the complaints I am making against the regime and the dictatorship in Cuba," she had to leave.
Marisela's mother is 80 years old and her father is 81, and at that age, they were put in a position to decide. "You have to choose: either you go with my brother (who lives in the United States) or your daughter goes to jail," she recounted.
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