Cuban in Italy criticizes those who renounce their roots: "It has many difficulties, but my country is beautiful."

The Cuban @marthalayanza shared a video on TikTok in which she referred to compatriots abroad who deny their nationality or try to adopt a new accent when moving to other countries.

"I feel pain when I hear a Cuban say: 'oh, I don't speak Spanish because I picked up the accent'; 'oh, I don't say I'm from Cuba because I'm embarrassed,'" she expressed.

In her words, she emphasized that although she lives in Italy and is very grateful for the opportunities she has received there, she proudly boasts about her Cuban identity. “I love being Cuban. I love and am proud to say everywhere: 'here comes Marta the Cuban', I boast about it,” she added, underscoring that, although her homeland has its difficulties, she continues to love her homeland.

"I live it because I love my little Cuba... I love it, I know it has many difficulties, but my country is beautiful and I love it," she concluded her video, which has resonated with many fellow countrymen and Latin Americans living abroad: “Here in Spain, they have been here for 15 days and are already speaking with the 'z'... you are absolutely right. Shine, Cuban, and always keep being yourself"; "I have been married to an Italian for 26 years and we live in Denmark... but I am proud to be Cuban"; “I have been in Italy for 28 years and I don’t lose my accent, they want to become... Cuban 100%,” shared a follower; "He who renounces his roots is lost in the world," commented a user in response to the video, as seen among the comments that supported her point of view.

"I say that I am Argentine because here in Italy the Cuban women are still struggling... those who are in Italy are of very low level, flip-flop wearers"; "I left Cuba when I was 5 years old, I am 30 now, yes I speak Spanish but I can't say that I love Cuba because I don't feel it"; "That happens when you spend years outside your country speaking another language and without Latinos to talk to, but I am proud to be Cuban"; "Cuba hasn't given me anything, I have been in Italy for 23 years, I speak Italian and Spanish whenever I feel like it, it's not that I forget, it's just that I am in Italy"; "Girl, we are in a democratic country and everyone thinks in their own way, I am Cuban and live here but at a distance, that country didn't give me anything, of course I will be Cuban for life but each one with their own," others opined.