Julián Gil: “This is another attack and abuse of our culture”

Surprised, but determined to fight again.

Actor Julián Gil expressed his frustration at the resumption of the fight for the Puerto Rican flag mural on the facade of La Placita restaurant, Before that, the new order of the City of Miami issued instructions to remove it, despite the decision last year that it was allowed to stay.

“It’s a shame because this is one more time aggression and abuse of our culture, of our rights,” the artist told Primera Hora in a telephone interview from Mexico with frustration.

“We were very surprised because he had already received a ruling in favor of the case, which was closed, which the majority of Miami city commissioners voted for,” he said, referring to the battle that began with the opening of the case. . founding in 2018, already when he celebrated victorious last year after the decision that the enormous mural, created by the visual artist Héctor Collazo Hernández, could remain.

‘The truth is, I can’t explain it, I don’t understand. There must be a hidden agenda here. It is not understood, ”he said emphatically, announcing that Miami Mayor Francis Suárez expressed his support.

“He told me he was very surprised because he doesn’t understand how anyone on his team reopened the case. He said he will work for the diaspora and the Latino and Puerto Rican community to support the continued existence of the flag, ”he said, reflecting on the implications he sees in the recent decision.

“It seems to me that as a multicultural city like Miami, where we have shown that this was a work of art, it was also shown that there was impressive support from the Puerto Rican diaspora … It is very delicate to utter a sentence against the flag because it can represent a very delicate precedent, ”he said. “You can see it was a racist act against us, against Puerto Ricans,” he repeated.

The actor also spoke of other details related to the establishment’s opening at Biscayne Boulevard Avenue and NE 68 Street.

“This is so delicate, with the Black Lives Matter movement, everything that happens with racism. It has been fully demonstrated, we have demonstrated it with publications that we have, where it was said at the time that they did not want a Puerto Rican restaurant opened nearby because it caused a lot of people with brown skin. That’s a racist act, ”he complained, considering the efforts involved in the struggle.

“We had an incredible war that involved a lot of money, time and energy, and we are now coming back for no reason to try to erase the flag. I find it completely absurd, “he stressed about the directive to” remove it “because” it allegedly conflicts with the area code “.

‘The same district was the one that gave us the permission. I didn’t paint the flag there because I wanted to, because it was Julian’s whim. I went and followed the protocols I had to follow. I have applied for all permits and the permits have been approved. They wanted to withdraw them and in the process it was proved that we have every right to have the flag there, and now they are opening it again ”. The actor, who also started the #noborresmibandera movement, invited to vote at Change.org/noborresmibandera to support the cause.

“The lawyers are already communicating. I’m going to do everything I can to raise my voice in the media because the truth is no longer a restaurant issue, that whether the food is rich or not is a totally different matter. I am a representative of that flag. I represent Puerto Ricans and we have to defend it. “

With more projects on the agenda

Julián Gil shared his expressions with Primera Hora in the middle of a break during the telenovela recordings What will happen to my family?, where he gives life to “Carlos Iturbide”.

“My character is a successful businessman from Mexico, dedicated to the fashion and shoe industry. He’s a very structured creature, a great businessman who all the success he has in his business career is what he wants at home, ” he said of the production of Juan Osorio, who, according to what he announced, was released on February 22. premieres. .

“In the case of my character, his relationship with his son has been totally broken and he is trying to establish this relationship,” said the actor, who shared a message on January 27 for his son Matías as the reason for his birthday.

“The baby is 4 years old and I still cannot establish the parent-child relationship. It’s the mother’s decisions, ”he said, referring to Venezuelan actress Marjorie de Sousa.

“What we have to do now is wait, that time is somehow doing its job, because we already realized that neither legally nor on the part of the mother, nothing can be achieved,” he complained.

“I feel bad, frustrated, sad, powerless, but it’s part of what I’ve had to live and move forward,” he said with some resignation, although he made it clear that he will not give up in his fight.

“I have done everything and will continue to do everything in my power. The people saw the fight that was being fought, that it moved heaven and earth, but if it cannot be done, it cannot ”.

So in love

On the other hand, he celebrates the phase in which he lives in his relationship with the Mexican journalist Valeria Marin.

“The day before yesterday (Wednesday) we celebrated a year of relationship,” he said enthusiastically. “The truth is, I am very happy. I feel extremely happy, happy, happy to have found her. I think she is a woman who has come to a very important moment in my life and who brings a lot of joy, ”said the actor, who recently faced COVID-19.

“I feel better. I still have consequences, such as fatigue, body aches. I still feel some pressure in the lung area,” revealed about the disease. “It takes me a little bit to breathe. But I think it is somehow part of the process, that it is decreasing little by little ”.