The announcer Frank Abelone of the most famous faces of Cuban television, He broke down in tears during an interview in Miami when asked about his mothersentenced on the island to 10 years of imprisonment for embezzlement.
“That was very bad because My family completely fell apart“It was completely unfair,” the announcer confessed through tears to the hosts of the podcast “Destino Tolk.”
“They sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment, my mother was 60”he said, visibly shaken as he recalled that moment.
Fernan, one of the presenters, mentioned that someone referred to the subject in a brusque manner, “he said that your mother had gone to jail, she had been accused of being a swindler and a thief.”
“That has to be Alexander Otaola, a disgusting person who said that atrocity, poor thing. We are very humble. If I show you pictures of my house right now you’re going to say ‘damn Frank Abel’. We have what they say, now they come to have a plasma TV, at that time what we had was a panda TV of those that the Cuban government gave out,” he added.
“My mom is not a scammer, she is a person who made a mistake. In Cuba, embezzlement, which is what this crime is called, has a subjective part and another that is palpable, nothing could ever be proven against it,” said Frank Abel.
In January 2022, the announcer left an artistic tour and requested political asylum in the United Statesand stated that a professional also goes hungry in Cuba.
His decision to leave the island was mainly due to the difficult economic situation he was going through, but he had to do so breaking a work commitment, which is why He publicly apologized.
In an interview with Julita Osendi, Frank Abel said that in more than 20 years that he dedicated to his career in Cuba, He could never have his own houseand many times I didn’t even have enough to eat decently.
