Gloria Estefan on Fidel Castro’s Death: This ‘Can Only Lead to Positive Change for the Cuban People’
Gloria Estefan, one of Cuba’s most famous immigrants in America, is reflecting on the death of former Cuban president and revolutionary Fidel Castro.
In a message posted in both English and Spanish to the 59-year-old Grammy winner’s Instagram page, Estefan shared a photo of a family of Cuban refugees on a life raft.
Born Gloria Fajardo in Havana, Cuba, Estefan fled her homeland to Miami, Florida when Castro rose to power.
Her father, Joseé Manuel Fajardo, had been a Cuban soldier and bodyguard of the wife of President Fulgencio Batista — who Castro helped overthrow in 1959.
“Although the death...
In a message posted in both English and Spanish to the 59-year-old Grammy winner’s Instagram page, Estefan shared a photo of a family of Cuban refugees on a life raft.
Born Gloria Fajardo in Havana, Cuba, Estefan fled her homeland to Miami, Florida when Castro rose to power.
Her father, Joseé Manuel Fajardo, had been a Cuban soldier and bodyguard of the wife of President Fulgencio Batista — who Castro helped overthrow in 1959.
“Although the death...
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- PEOPLE.com
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- PEOPLE.com
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