Loud and proud.
This is how the iconic singer Gloria Estefan (Havana, 1957) defines the women in her family who will accompany her in the series
Red Table Talks: The Estefans,
a succession of
social
gatherings on Facebook to open up her private life and talk about love, sex and relations.
The voice of
Conga,
who forged a musical and business empire with her husband from Miami, will share the spotlight with the women of her clan: her daughter Emily and her niece Lili, both also media stars.
Gloria and her husband Emilio enjoy the success of the musical kingdom that they rule as the godparents of Latin artists in the United States and the fathers of the percussion with a Cuban flavor that they popularized in the world.
The music industry in Miami bears his last name.
The story of this couple is the living portrait of the American dream.
Exiles from Cuba, they managed to start from scratch in the country of freedom and the brave.
Emilio first tried his luck in Spain, where he tried to earn a living selling accordions.
Failing, he settled in Miami and founded a small band that played at weddings, the Latin Boys.
That's how he met Gloria, at a friend's wedding.
The young promise of rhythm had a difficult childhood.
He arrived in the United States with a suitcase and, shortly after, his father fell ill from the orange gas of the Vietnam War.
Her life took a leap in 1977 when Emilio invited her to join his band and turned it into the Miami Sound Machine.
The group would represent the two worlds that coexisted in the capital of the Sun: American and Latin pop, a pioneering and explosive mix in the United States that would sow the seed for today's Latin American hits.
From these fruits, the influential international business network that they direct from their mansion in Miami was born.
The humble origins and overwhelming success of the marriage won over millions of devoted fans for the couple, a romance that endures through the generations and promises to keep the whole family famous.
Proof of this is that
Red Table Talks: The Estefans
recorded more than 2 million views with the story of how Emily, the heir to the empire, came out of the closet.
Red Table Talk: The Estefans Round table fan questions !!
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- Gloria Estefan (@GloriaEstefan) October 1, 2020
David Salvador Sáez, president of the fan club in Spain who has not missed a concert in 26 years, emphasizes that Gloria and Emilio are his references in life.
“Beyond the music, it is because of his honesty, trustworthiness and his history.
They always say that everything worthwhile in life takes work, and I have that recorded ”, he assures, dominated by emotion from his room covered with photos of the couple.
That work, which began with a success on the international charts, has culminated in the founding of Estefan Enterprises, a multimillion-dollar conglomerate that includes recording studios, a group of Cuban restaurants and even a couple of luxury hotels that, together, generate a profit of more than 24 million dollars annually.
Salvador Sáez assures that for marriage the American dream is not money, but to be able to help more Latinos like them who started from scratch in the world of music.
He narrates that Emilio had to wait for an opportunity standing at the door of the acclaimed Sony record company in New York, a company of which he ended up being president for five years.
His monopoly in Miami has come under fire, and it has been said that no one succeeded in the city without his approval.
However, Salvador Sáez assures that the so-called “Estefan mafia” does not exist, despite the fact that countless artists such as Shakira, Ricky Martin or Marc Anthony, have launched their careers by being sponsored by the Cuban couple.
“His empire has had everything but ego.
They always say that to shine you don't have to cover up anyone, "he points out and exemplifies it with the gesture that Gloria had when she gave Jennifer López her song
Lets get Loud.
The Estefans have promoted the Cuban brand beyond music.
The restaurant with Cuban food and live music Larios on the Beach is the flagship of the family in Miami.
In parallel, the couple owns the iconic Bongos Cuban Café at Disneyland, the elegant Estefan Kitchen restaurant and even a take-out store that they opened at the Miami airport.
They also own the famous Art Deco Cardozo hotel and the luxurious Costa d'Este resort and spa in Florida, where the cheapest room costs $ 4,000 a night.
The city where the family resides has become a fervent electoral epicenter that serves as a battleground between the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, to conquer the Latino vote. The influential Estefan couple have repeated on several occasions that they are not affiliated with any party but have condemned the repression of the Fidel Castro regime that expelled their families from Cuba. Gloria, who performed for the Obamas and was awarded by the former president, assures that she was not offended when Trump did not attend the event in which they recognized her artistic career at the Kennedy Center Honor. "Nobody lost with it," he says.