PRISIONERA, VÍCTIMA DE SU PADRE Y DE SU VOZ- Tania Libertad 📱

Added: 2026-05-14

[00:00:01][music] [music] [music] [music] [music] Hello, how are you? How are you all doing?

[00:00:40]Welcome, everyone.

[00:00:42]Thank you so much for joining us and for connecting with us through this YouTube channel called El Philip, featuring the stories of the most famous celebrities in Mexico and all over the world. And believe me, today we have a story that is not only about a very talented woman who undoubtedly has a great voice.

[00:01:03]Some people say, "I love her, I adore her, she's the best." There are those of us who say, well, let's say that's fine and we acknowledge his talent. It's not like you're choosing your favorite artist, is it? But he does have a very interesting life story, very interesting, and look, many times we know the artist, we know that character who smiles at us from a stage, from a film set, but we don't imagine everything that's behind it, right? We wouldn't even imagine the amount of things they have to live through and go through to achieve success, to become famous, especially when the abuse and exploitation comes from within the family, which is quite delicate, and many people say, "Oh, if someone else exploits him, I'd rather exploit him myself, since I'm his father anyway." And that's what happened to Tania Libertad. Just look at this amazing voice that the lady has; it turns out she's been through hell, illnesses, abandonment, wow, no, no, no.

[00:02:14]Tania has experienced something truly quite complicated, and today I'm going to tell you about it here on this channel. Please join us, stay with us until the end of the video, and of course we always appreciate it if you leave us a like, subscribe to our channel, leave us a comment, all of that is greatly appreciated and we are truly excited to be with all of you talking about these celebrity stories every night. How delicious, and how I enjoy it. And even more so in the hot season, oh my God, today I think we broke a record. Today the sun was really blazing, punishing us with all its might. Listen, it's just that now there's only one, and I feel one like the sun, right? It's like they're scrutinizing you like a magnifying glass, the heat is really intense. You have to protect yourself, use your sunscreen, try not to go out much during the peak hours of the day, sometimes it's impossible, but a hat, sunscreen, sunglasses, well, protect yourself as much as possible. I mean, why are we making a mountain out of a molehill? So yes, it's always important to take those kinds of precautions. Listen, to begin with the story of Mrs. Tania Libertad, we will first greet those who are kind enough to connect with us to get started. Hey, Dianela says, "Hi, Philip, greetings from Ventura, California. Send me, look, a little shake, a little shake with all the love in the world." Dianela, thank you for always being with us. Cecilia Reyes says, "Hello, good evening everyone.

[00:03:34]Greetings, Philip, here waiting for the story. Oh, my dear Cei, you're going to love it. You're going to love it.

[00:03:41]I know you will, eh. Gabi Rogu says, "Good evening everyone. Ready for today's story?" I love that, you know? I love that you're ready.

[00:03:49]Beatriz Adriana Sánchez, uh, says, "Hi, my like is number three.

[00:03:54]Greetings from Azcapotzalco! You know, Azcapotzalco is where Don José was born and lived. José, the Prince of Song. Well, Dani Parra lives there too. By the way, the best tamales are there in Azcapotzalco. They have several branches now, but in Azcapotzalco, you know, sorry for interrupting, but there were, I don't know if they still sell them, some basket tacos that used to be sold in the China Park in Aidas Azcapotzalco.

[00:04:21]Delicious! I don't know if it was true or not, but the man who sold them said that even sitting presidents would go there to get their basket tacos because they were the best I've ever had. Really good. Emilia, Emilia Vanessa Ortiz says, "Hello, good evening, blessings to all." Emi, I'm sending you a big kiss. Thank you for being here." María Teresita, Osorio Reyes says, "Philip and Omar and Dani, son and Javi, good night and greetings. Thank you, María Teresita, look, we're sending you lots of kisses. Estrella Vázquez says, "Hello, my Philipar, good evening." Hello, little star, thank you for joining us. Samuel Montiel says, "She is very talented and a great human being."

[00:05:02]You know, I had a friend already, unfortunately, he died a few years ago, Roman Ariel. Román Ariel was a radio announcer for Estereoy many, many years ago. He unfortunately has already passed away, and Román Ariel and I were coworkers for many years.

[00:05:21]We were coworkers for almost 20 years, he was a great announcer. Román Ariel was also a musician and a backing musician, that is, he sang and played with artists, he was a drummer and it turns out that on many occasions he had to play alongside Tania Libertad and that's what he always told me. In fact, Román would often invite me, "No, let's go, I'm going to work, let's go to Tania's show." And look, foolishly I always told him no, oh no, I don't know, I mean, no. Look, I have talent, believe me, it's not for nothing that Tania has performed at the Fine Arts. Oh, look. Oh, Roman, no, no, no, no. Take it away, this man is going to make me scream. He's a great friend, a great Yucatecan, by the way, Román Ariel, look, I'm sending you kisses to heaven, my friend. And it turns out that I never, ever went, mind you, never went to a Tania Libertad show, but he played with her. In fact, on one occasion he said to me, "Hey, Tania is coming to my house, do you want to come?" And I said, "No, thank you."

[00:06:15]Making it very interesting, isn't it? I mean, today I regret it because it would have been a very, very beautiful and enriching experience, but oh well, things didn't work out for a reason, but look, the lady definitely has talent, that 's undeniable. Now there's really nothing to say or do, because the truth is that the lady defends herself and has a truly great talent. Doña Tania Libertad de Sousa Zúñiga, that is her real name. Notice that Tania is 73 years old and, to be honest, for the life she has led, she looks incredibly well-preserved. And I don't say this in a bad way or in a bad mood, because it's also known that Tania, and I'm going to tell you about it in a moment, well, there was a time when she loved alcohol, she loved partying, staying up late, and I mean, for that hectic life she led, the truth is that she looks very, very well preserved. She was born on October 24, 1952.

[00:07:11]Note that she was born in a town called Lazaña, which is very close, very close to the coast of Peru, near Chiclayo, in fact many people think that Tania was born in Chiclayo, no, no, no. She was actually born in Saña, but she grew up and lived practically her whole life, well, until her youth in Chiclayo. That's why many people say, "No, no, it's not from here." But no, actually there is a distance.

[00:07:38]Well, it turns out that's where Tania sees the Light of the World, right? Uh, when he's born in this place. Note that Tania was born into a humble family, a family where unfortunately the economic conditions were not the best. with Carlos, Don Carlos de Sou to his father. He worked as a guard; he belonged to the Civil Guard, but he had a very low rank. But he was also a man who had literally revolutionary and libertarian ideas that didn't quite fit the profile of a Civil Guard officer. In fact, Don Carlos was always against the dictatorship, against injustices, against everything that was happening back then when Tania came into the world, everything that was happening there in Peru. I don't know the situation as it is now, right? But at that moment, for Don Carlos, he knew what he was doing. Suddenly he was writing some hm, how to put it? like some posters with slogans, with demands towards the same government, and put another name as if someone else had written them. But it turns out that on many occasions the government did discover that it was Carlos, and then they would say to him, "How is it possible that you, belonging to the army, well, to the Civil Guard, how is it possible that you are speaking and saying so many things against us?" And they punished Carlos, and the way they punished Tania's father was by sending him to do his work in communities, but look, not remote and not inhospitable places, just super far away.

[00:09:23]And then they would tell him, "This is to bring you down a peg or two of your revolutionary airs."

[00:09:30]And this caused both the wife and Mr. Carlos himself and his children to spend their time traveling from one place to another. They never had a fixed place to live.

[00:09:43]Because? Because they were barely settled in one place when they already had to be in another, and when they already had to be in yet another, because they were always punishing Don Carlos. On the other hand, Mrs. Mercedes, Doña Mercedes Zúñiga, mother of Taña Libertad and wife of Don Carlos, was a woman, and I say was because the lady is no longer alive. Look, a strong woman, strong in every sense. The lady lived almost 100 years, just imagine, as a son to enjoy and have a father close to 100 years old must be wonderful, wonderful. Well, it turns out that this woman, a woman, Doña Mercedes, was so strong that she was pregnant 16 times. In 16. The thing is that only eight of those pregnancies and of those children managed to survive, managed to reach adulthood, among them Tania Libertad, obviously. But Doña Mercedes was also a nurse. She worked as a nurse at the Workers' Hospital in Peru. And note that of the eight children that Doña Mercedes had, Tania was the only girl, seven boys and one girl.

[00:11:02]And the story of Tania, of Mercedes, of Tania's mother Libertad, was quite a strong story at the beginning of her marriage. Look, she lost the first four babies, the first four pregnancies. But don't you think she lost them due to a miscarriage or other life circumstances?

[00:11:23]No, no, no, no. There were two very important factors that prevented Mrs. Mercedes from bringing these babies into the world. One, extreme poverty, the poor diet the lady had, the bad conditions in which they lived.

[00:11:40]Living in a poor place, drinking water was not readily available to him. They had to go for it, just like many Mexicans did, we used to carry these poles across our shoulders, and we would carry buckets to get water from the communal tap and take it to our homes. The situation was the same in Peru. So, no matter how much they tried to maintain hygiene, it was obviously impossible with so little water.

[00:12:07]So, between the poverty, the lack of hygiene and the poor health services that existed at that time, the lady was unable to have her first four children. Then he had eight children, who are the ones who are still alive. Note that of these eight, as I already mentioned, seven were male, and one was female. Well, it turns out that after having these eight children, Mrs. Mercedes finishes her career as a nurse and then, as a nurse, she starts working at this hospital I'm telling you about, the workers' hospital, but she enters the radiology area. That's where it comes in. Then it turns out that Mrs. Mercedes gets pregnant again and her boss said to her, "Hey, woman, what do you mean you're pregnant?" No, well yes, but you're in radiology. Here you work with radiation, it can harm you. You don't know that the baby might be born with problems, it could affect him a lot. So, with all due respect, you're going to have to have an abortion. And Mercedes would say, "No, what do you think?" No, I mean, I already lost four babies because I didn't even have enough to eat, and now you're telling me it's because they can be harmful. No, no, no.

[00:13:18]I'm going to have my son. But it wasn't a matter of wanting to. The doctor had told her about all the risks and Mercedes had to do it. She aborted a child.

[00:13:29]Time passes and Mercedes becomes pregnant again and they tell her again, "Your job or your pregnancy." The situation at home was so complicated that Mercedes said, "My job. I have eight children, and I'm not about to waste my work." They made her have another abortion. Well, four more times. Four initial pregnancies that she lost because of the situation, four children she had afterward, and four children who weren't born because of this situation—she worked in radiology. Imagine, just imagine. Now, the fact that Tania Libertad was the only girl among these seven children didn't make any difference in her favor. It's not like her mother or father said, "Oh, the only girl, we have to spoil her and all." No, no, no, no. Look, to begin with, Tania's father, Don Carlos, was an extremely macho man, very macho indeed.

[00:14:30]Well, that's how men were back then, and no, it's not a justification, but tell me, which of our parents or grandparents didn't experience and live through this era of machismo? It was all a reflection of it. From our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents, grandparents, and so it was passed down. And then it turns out that the day Mercedes was giving birth to Tania, they already had several children, right? Boys. And when Tania was born, and they realized it was a girl, Don Carlos was so happy, so overjoyed, that he went to a neighbor's. Neighbor, guess what? I'm a dad again, and it's a girl! I'm over the moon! And he starts hugging and kissing the neighbor. I'm so happy, I don't know what else.

[00:15:15]Oh, buddy, well, just looking at her mustache, she's got me all excited. Come in while my husband's not here. And it turns out that Don Carlos goes in to celebrate with the neighbor after the birth. Now, the day Tania Libertad was born, that same day the neighbor got pregnant. Just like that. Imagine the kind of father she had. That's why she was called Libertad (Freedom). Besides her seven brothers, she has another sister, but this sister is Black. And I don't say that with Not in a derogatory way, not at all; it's a race. And you know, she has a sisterly relationship with this girl, Tania Libertad; they get along very, very well, even though this young woman is, well, the daughter of her father's mistress. Just imagine.

[00:16:02]Well, the thing is, when Tania started to grow up, her father, Don Carlos, didn't raise her like a girl; he practically raised her like one of his other children, another boy, doing the same things as the boys, with the same rough treatment. He didn't make a distinction, he didn't differentiate. Ah, the boys received their training so they could work and help the family.

[00:16:32]But Tania had to do that, and they also had to prepare her to be a good housewife, which in this case meant preparing her by taking care of her brothers. "Come on, my dear, learn to sew, to iron, to knit, to mop, to cook, to wash the dishes, to do the laundry, because your brothers come home from work and they have to..." To find everything ready. But Dad, on top of everything else, I do what they do too, and you're a woman, you can't stand it. Just imagine the double work, and that's how women were raised back then. Even today, women, besides having a job, a job in a company, a formal job selling—well, there are women who sell things from catalogs and all that—don't just come home and take a nap and go to sleep, put their feet up on the couch. No, women have to come home and see what their children are going to eat when they get back from school, do their homework, cook for them, everything. I mean, really, women work triple and without pay, which is the worst part. Well, it turns out that in Tania's house, the economic situation was always precarious, always, always, always. And look, even though her parents, both of them, Don Carlos and Doña Mercedes, worked all day long, but with other Kids, well, there wasn't enough money for them. You see, as time went on, the older brothers started working.

[00:18:06]They got jobs as laborers on sugar plantations, right? Over there in Chiclayo. Well, it turns out that since the older ones were going home, Tania was left alone with one of her younger brothers. There they were. There was no television, no radio, no toys. So, how did the kids entertain themselves? Well, it turns out they had no choice but to play with their imaginations. And you know, sometimes Tania would say, "Oh, about five years ago my mom bought me a really pretty dress, but now I do n't have that dress anymore, I have a new one." And she would take the same old dress out of her closet, worn out, faded, all ugly. And she would pretend it was something new. It was the same with shoes when her little shoes started getting old, she and her Little brother and I would play at being a different pair, and that this pair was different now, and that's how they went along with it.

[00:19:10]Well, it turns out that Atania, ever since she was little, was always singing, always, always, always, always. But neither her brothers [clears throat], nor her father, nor her mother noticed, because they were so busy working to support their family that whether the girl sang or not was the least of their concerns. But when Atania started school, around age six, right? She started school, and you know, she had a teacher who was very, very thin, very thin, right?

[00:19:37]Very thin. And it turns out that this teacher loved music, she adored music. So, the teacher used to bring a battery-powered radio to school, a shortwave radio, right? One of those radios. And so the teacher would bring that radio and turn it on during recess. And then, while she was grading assignments, homework, and everything, she She was listening to the songs from that era. Many of the children in her class, instead of going out to recess, stayed with the teacher. " Teacher, can we stay here?" "Yes," she would say, "why not?" "We want to listen to the music you're playing because nobody around here had a radio." Well, among the girls who stayed was Tania. The thing about Tania was that, besides listening to the music, she started singing along, she started singing the songs that were on the radio. And from then on, the teacher was taken aback because she kept saying, "Hey, Tania, who taught you to sing?" "Does your mom sing?"

[00:20:40]No, my mom doesn't sing, she works all day. "Does your dad sing?" No, my dad is always angry. No, no, no, no. Your brothers? No one, no one. Just me. It's just that you sing so beautifully, you have such good pitch. Well, time passes and one day there was going to be a festival at the school where Tania studied. And then the teacher said, "We need a singer, but I don't want to be unfair and I don't want to make you-know-who sing, right?" Well, she's the one who sings best.

[00:21:13]Let's do it legally. "Let's do it then, whoever earns the spot will get it." Then the teacher said, "Look, I have a dress, a dress that still fits me." She was very thin, very, very thin. And she said, "I have a dress that still fits me, I'm going to bring it, and the girl it fits, the girl who fits my dress, she'll sing at the festival." Almost all the girls, almost all of them, were a bit chubby, even Tania, right? No, she was never a woman like that, she was super thin. So, Tania was left thinking, "What do I do?"

[00:21:46]What do I do? "How do I do it?"

[00:21:48]Well, Tania remembers that every time her mom got pregnant, after each pregnancy, her mom would wear a girdle, a girdle to compress her abdomen again. And so Tania said, "Well, I'm going to look for it, I'm going to look for my mom's girdle. Who knows?" And maybe she finds it and Tania starts girding herself, right? Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Until she fits, but look, the girl could barely breathe, but she got so thin, so thin, so thin. She puts on her uniform and goes to school. The teacher arrives, " Now I have the dress." Now, line up because I'm going to measure you one by one and see who it fits, okay?"

[00:22:30]Tania was already purple from not being able to breathe, but well, she said, "I'll give it a try." The first one goes, well, it didn't even fit her shoulders, nor did the second, the third, the fourth, the Fifth.

[00:22:41]Suddenly Tania said, "Okay, teacher, I'll go." And even though she was already swaddled, she looked even thinner.

[00:22:50]The dress slipped on like butter; she put it on and took it off.

[00:22:52]Imagine Cinderella with her slipper, her shoe, her slipper, but here it was with the dress. "Well, I did it, I did it legally, girls," the teacher said. "No, it's not like I'm supporting anyone." So the dress fit Tania. She's the one who's going to participate. Obviously, Tania cheated, I mean, she didn't do it the way it was supposed to be done, but in the end, she won, right? So she had the chance to participate in that festival. Well, it turns out that [clears throat] Tania singing at this festival left everyone speechless because she was a girl who hadn't studied music, a girl who didn't have that education or that musical ear, but despite everything, the The girl did quite well. For two years after that, the principal told Tania's teacher, "This girl is going to represent us in everything that needs to be done." any championship, any festival, any contest, whatever there is, Tania should go, because she, what a voice that girl has! Well, and in every competition, every festival where Tania participated, her school's name was at the top, the best, the best performance.

[00:24:13]Well, by that time Tania was already a singer, but the family didn't even know, they had no idea, right?, that the girl sang. But it turns out that one day Tania, like the cherry on top, enters a singing competition called Road to Stardom. Well, it turns out that Tania makes it to the final, to the very final. That final was going to take place on a weekend. And then Tania said, "Oh my, my shoes have already stretched out, they have holes in the soles, they're all scraped up." They don't know what their father, Mr. Carlos, was doing. Notice that Don Carlos, when he was buying shoes for his eight children, imagine when he finished buying shoes for the last one, the first one already needed them. I mean, poor man, we have to understand that too.

[00:25:11]Then, suddenly the kids would say, "Hey dad, my shoes are too tight, I need another pair." Because, apart from being kids, the leg keeps growing and growing and growing.

[00:25:21]So, hey dad, I need other shoes, these are too tight, aren't they? What others? Those will still hold up, but hey, the sole is already quite thin, so you'll have to wear them out until they're worn out. Uh, look at mine, how I wear them and they still hold up. But, man, I 'm already bursting them in the front, I mean, my finger is about to fall out. "Let me see them, lend them to me," said Don Carlos. And he would take some big scissors and cut off the toes of the shoes so they would look like flip-flops, and that's how he would leave them and send them to school; there was no money. Then Tania said, "Oh boy, my shoes don't have points anymore, they're worn out, they 're really ugly."

[00:26:01]Well, I'm not going to show up like that in the final because it's the final of the competition.

[00:26:05]So now he has no other option but to go with his parents. Hey, hey ma, well, I've been singing for a long time and I've been doing well, and I've been participating in contests and this and that, and right now I'm going to the final of one of them. But look at my shoes, they're really old, they don't have points anymore. Well, now I understand that we are very poor, right? But, well, let's see if it's possible, then buy me some more, right? But let's see what you're going to gain, they told him. Yes, the contest and everything. And what are you going to gain? Well, I don't know, but whatever I earn is good, it's already a gain.

[00:26:40]Okay, let's make an effort. So they buy Tania the shoes, right? New shoes. Uh, well, Tania already felt, look, like a rich girl. He gave it his all in the competition and won. Win the contest. She sang a very beautiful bolero, by the way. Well, she wins the contest, they announce what the prize will be and Tania said, "Oh my God, let it be money." "No, I was putting monkeys on the wall so it would be money," she said. That should make my parents feel better, right?

[00:27:12]It turns out the prize was a set of six glass tumblers, which I don't actually know if you've ever seen. I used them many years ago, by the way, but they were made from soda bottles, or rather, mainly soda bottles that they cut and then polished so they wouldn't hurt, but they were actually containers that were turned into glasses because that contest had been sponsored by a soda brand. So that brand commissioned those glasses, and Tania Libertad won six of them.

[00:27:50]Well, he said, from something to nothing. Oh, they gave him a trophy too, didn't they? Well, what did I want the trophy for, but maybe it came. Come on, those glasses.

[00:27:58]Look how they are, like this. Yes. I had, well, I even used to take candle flames, and well, when there's none, there's none, right?

[00:28:09]Well, it turns out that the best prize is that at that time there was a group that were originally from Lima and this musical group was going to sing in different places near where Tania lived. So they were going to give this girl the opportunity to sing with them, to be their opening act, and she was going to earn some money; it wasn't going to be for free anymore. Well, they also know that they gave him two bottle openers as a prize. Just imagine. Well, it turns out that Tania started working with this group and they began performing from the sugar plantations themselves, even giving shows at fairs, in cockfighting arenas, wherever, wherever. And they know that at that time Tania would have been at most 10 years old, she was very little, but on this tour that she did with this group they were already giving her her little money, they were already giving her her soles at that time and with this money she could already help her parents a little, but she could. Well, it turns out that the hardest thing for her was that at this stage, obviously, Tania had to start rehearsing, learning songs, studying because she was still in school, and so all those stages that a girl, a teenager who is discovering life, has to go through, well, she did n't experience them because she was very, very involved in earning money to help her family. Well, it turns out that on many occasions, many times it was rehearsals with the group she sang with, but also when her mother realized that money was starting to come in, the woman said, "Listen, my daughter, if you're already earning money with music, do it right and don't let down the people who are managing you. Look, we're going to do this. I already bought a used battery-operated radio. I have it here.

[00:30:16]Every time a bolero comes on the radio, you're going to sing it until you learn it, no matter what." Then the woman would go to the public phones and call the radio station. "Hey, I want you to play this bolero." "Yes, we'll play it right now." They would still oblige, and it turns out that she would say, "Tania, get ready because I've already requested this song and I want you to learn it."

[00:30:40]Every day the woman would request a different song, every day they would play it, and every day Tania had to learn a song, no matter what. That was her mother, who was like the softest, the gentlest.

[00:30:52]Right? Because the lady was saying, "You have to do it right, right, right, right." We can't let our guard down, and I can't allow you to mess up one day and have them stop paying you, my daughter, because we desperately need that money."

[00:31:06]Well, it turns out that in the case of Don Carlos, the father, things were very different because the man had a strong character and was physically very imposing, but besides that, he had trained and worked in an activity where everyone was rough, I mean, the man wasn't affectionate at all, not at all, not at all, not at all. So, seeing that the girl was already bringing money home, he said, "Look, daughter, you 're working with a group, and you know how much they keep and how much they give you, right? No, no, no." That's not how things work. There are many people I know in the police force, the National Guard, the Civil Guard, and many of them are musicians and many of them seem to like your thing of singing.

[00:32:03]I'm going to form a group and you're going to be the lead singer, obviously you're going to be the one who earns the most and you'll stop singing with these guys. Well, it turns out the man did do it. Look, his musical project, because the man was neither a manager nor did he know anything about the industry, was not successful. The truth is no, but at least her daughter had the opportunity to perform, to stand on a stage, to experiment, to really learn and gain experience, right?, for the stage. But also there in Chiclayo, in her neighborhood, Tania began to be known, not on a very large level, but many people already knew her and especially for the good voice she had. Then, suddenly, one day they announce that a very good Mexican singer and songwriter was going on tour to Peru and they were looking for someone who wasn't too well-known, but not too unknown either, to be his opening act.

[00:33:04]And since they had already seen Tania sing and knew that she had done very well, they said, well, let's propose her. Let's show the Mexican how this girl sings. If you want, we can leave it with you to open your concerts. This Mexican was none other than Don Armando Manzanero.

[00:33:24]Look at this. Tremendous. Don Armando Manzanero, composer, arranger, producer. Well, Don Armando Manzanero, an eminence and composing boleros, Don Armando Manzanero, I don't know about you, well, we really are sweethearts, ah, this afternoon I saw it rain, I mean, songs that Don Armando wrote and to this day are still very famous. Well, it turns out that Armando Manzanero heard her, saw her, and listened to her sing, and he said, "This girl is so young. But what a voice she has, what talent this girl has! And the best part is that she knows the songs, she knows the boleros, and she knows my boleros," said Don Armando Manzanero. So Armando started performing there in Peru, and Tania Libertad opened his concerts.

[00:34:14]Very young, right? Very, very young.

[00:34:16]Well, the time came when Armando Manzanero returned to Mexico, but Tania was already very well-known, very, very well- known. So, it turns out that they started calling her to appear on radio stations for interviews. She even recorded her first song, "La Contamanina," this song that Tania Libertad sings, the very first one she recorded. Look, yes, it was a success; people already knew her. In a way, artistically, everything was going very well for her, everything, everything, everything, everything, because we're talking about a teenage girl; for what she earned, it was a fortune.

[00:34:58]But You see, being still very young and inexperienced, she did n't realize many things that were happening around her, including that her father had already rubbed his hands together, and her father, who was supposed to take care of her, protect her, love her, said, "No, no, no, no." This girl is destined to earn a lot of money, and then some so-called manager comes along and starts working for her and pays her whatever he wants, or even worse, some random guy comes along and seduces her, takes her away, and we're left standing on the hill, no, no, no. Well, I'd better do it myself. And notice that Don Carlos comes up with a plan so that his daughter doesn't leave, doesn't meet the manager, or a possible boyfriend. And what did Don Carlos do?

[00:35:58]Oh no. Well, it turns out he locked her up. Not one day, not two days, not one month, not one year. Look at her, Tania used to go to school, but to get to school Don Carlos assigned two of his older sons to escort her. You will go with Tania and make sure she goes into school, attends her classes, leaves, and brings her back here to me. Once Tania arrived, he would open his room for her, take her inside, and lock her in at mealtimes like prey, just like prey, to feed her. I couldn't do absolutely anything. Nobody could get near him. Don Carlos's orders, and it was very sad for her because she would say, "Dad, I need to go out. Dad, I need this." No, and no, and no, and no, and no. Of course, when Tania had a presentation and had to go out, she already knew. I have to go out as if nothing is wrong, smile at people, be cheerful with them, pretend that I am very happy.

[00:37:11]But back at her house it was the same hell again, living locked up, having to endure all the scolding from her father, who was a sexist, saying things like, "You did it wrong," "You didn't realize," "You made a mistake," "This is what failed you," "That's what failed you," instead of congratulating her, because thanks to her the family's economic situation had changed a lot, a lot. And look, all this stuff about the confinement and mistreatment of Tania happened because Tania started to have a lot of work and at that time they had gone to fulfill several commitments in Lima, the capital of Peru. So, at home she had stayed there in Chiclayo, her mother and her younger siblings had stayed, and her older siblings and her father had gone with her to Lima so that she could fulfill her commitments.

[00:38:03]Then it turns out there was no one to defend her, because besides, her children, her siblings, well, they were terrified of their father, they couldn't defy him and disobey his orders. And if the Lord said locked up, Tania had to stay locked up; she couldn't do anything else. And they had to obey the Lord's orders, no matter what.

[00:38:26]Well, time passes and Tania reaches the age to enter university, and yes, the man did not want his daughter to stop studying. Notice that when it came time to choose a career, Tania told her dad, "I want to study music, but real music, [clears throat] I mean, not a music course, I want to study for a degree in music." And her father told her, "Well, my daughter, it's not what you want and it's not what you decide. I'm the one in charge.

[00:38:56]What did your older brothers study?" "No, fisheries engineering, Dad." "Ah, well, you're going to the same university where they studied. You're going to study the same major as them.

[00:39:06]I'm not going to risk you going off to study music and seeing who you meet there." "No, ma'am, you're going to study fisheries engineering," something Tania didn't like, but she had to do it. But look how inconsistent the man was, because on the one hand he didn't want his daughter to study music, but on the other hand he did want the benefits when his daughter sang. In the end, a total contradiction. And for Tania it was frustrating because she would say, "Dad, you want me to sing well, but you won't let me study music."

[00:39:41]I want to prepare myself precisely so as not to make mistakes, but you won't let me [clears throat] nor will I let you. "So study your engineering degree, period." Well, it turns out that when she turned 20, Tania Libertad started working as a presenter on a television program that was actually one of the most important in Peru, called "Dances and Songs of Peru."

[00:40:05]This program was broadcast by Panamericana Television. Well, it turns out that while working on this program, which was very popular with Peruvians, Tania was chosen to participate in the song and voice festival there in Peru.

[00:40:22]And get this, she sang this song, "Your Voice, I Don't Know What It Is About Your Voice, What It Is About That." And then Tania Libertad won first prize, but by that time Tania was already an artist, already a well- known woman, she was even starting to have those flashes of thought, "Maybe he'll be my dad," but it's one thing for him to be my dad and another for him to own me, right?

[00:40:50]I can be independent, but she didn't dare, I mean, she had already thought about it, but she didn't dare. Well, it turns out that when she turned 21, she met a young man, a student who was studying This young man, a philosophy and literature student, Paquito García, Paco García. It turns out Tania fell in love with him, and he suddenly wanted to see her.

[00:41:15]Tania would tell him, "I can't, my father is like this, he locks me up and this and that." No, no, no, no.

[00:41:21]Tania, what do you think? That's very wrong.

[00:41:24]Tell your father, stand up to him, confront him, don't let him get away with it. And what Paco told her was like the little push Tania needed to shake off all the pressure she was under from her father. You know, like they say, the yoke of the family, right? And so this relationship she had with Paco was what transformed Tania Libertad into a confident woman, a woman with the power to make decisions, a true artist. What we would call an empowered woman today.

[00:41:59]Well, that was at that time.

[00:42:02]First of all, look, she not only stood up to her father, as they say, the brave go as far as... He wants to be a coward, and that's true, because when Tania confronted her father, he said, "Well, I think my little gold mine is gone, but oh well." And Tania said, "Look, I do like boleros, but not enough to sing them all the time." I have seen all the injustices that exist against women in the country, in Peru. So I want to start singing folk songs, I want to start singing protest music, I want to start singing lyrics that express how dissatisfied I feel with everything that is happening in the world. And in fact, Tania's music during those years focused a lot on supporting strike movements, both teachers, workers, laborers, that is, she focused on that a lot, a lot.

[00:43:02]Notice that Tania Libertad began to be viewed unfavorably by the government, and in fact, let's remember that whenever there is a dictatorship in a country, music is one of the first things they start to silence, because through music you can give messages that motivate people not to give up, to open their eyes, to stand up to the government and not to stand up for no reason, but to stand up when there is a reason, when a government does not give results, you have to raise your voice.

[00:43:31]And they have to be held accountable because the government educates us for years, and they educate us to thank them, applaud them, forgive them for everything, and that's not how it works. And Tania said, "Through my music, I want people to know and open their eyes so that they can claim and demand their rights from the government."

[00:43:53]And this immediately made the working class, the popular class, the working class love Tania, but the authorities began to hate her. What's wrong with this woman?

[00:44:07]Through his music he comes to promote revolutionary ideas, incendiary ideas.

[00:44:12]Well, when Tania performed at a venue, she had to leave; she would finish singing and practically have to run out. Because?

[00:44:21]Because she knew perfectly well that if she stayed until last, she ran the risk of being arrested by the police, with any pretext, uh, and we already know that when the police want someone in jail, uh, the least of it is planting any crap on them, weapons, drugs, things like that, and they take you to jail because they take you. It turns out that Tania was very scared, very, very scared. And most likely that fear made Tania suddenly travel to one of her favorite places one day. I didn't know him, but Tania had seen many films from the golden age of Mexican cinema. Movies of those they like, Pedro Infante, Javier Solís, eh Jorge Negrete, all these artists. And then one day, Tania said, "I think I'm at the peak of my career in Peru, so I'm not going to visit Mexico. I want to see if everything they say about Mexico in these movies is true, because if it is, I love Mexico," she said. And then it turns out that in 1977 he got on a plane and said, "I'm leaving." Of course, nothing else arrived just like that.

[00:45:38]Note that at that time, UNAM, the National Autonomous University of Mexico, held a music festival and invited Tania, and Tania immediately said, "Yes, I'll go." Well, it arrives in Mexico. She participated in the festival and visited Mexico, and she said, "No, it's not like the movies, it's much better. What beautiful people, so kind, such gorgeous places. Mexico is enchanting, and I'm not saying Peru isn't, of course it has its own charm, but whenever we visit a new place it's like, ' Wow, how beautiful, it impresses us,' right?" And then Tania finished her participation at UNAM and returned to Peru. Once in Peru, she kept thinking, "Was it worth coming back? What if I go back to Mexico? What if everything I imagine I can achieve there is true? I want to go," she said. "I want to go." Well, it turns out she went on a whim, because the first time she went because she had been invited, but the second time it was purely on a whim. She arrived in Mexico and said, "I don't know anyone." Who am I going to work with? "What's going to happen to me, my God?"

[00:46:56]And then it turns out she met Carmen Salinas, Carmelita Salinas, may she rest in peace. Carmelita was having a run at the Teatro Blanquita at the time, which, as you know, featured comedians, singers, and a little bit of everything. And then Carmelita Salinas told her, "Look, my dear girl, come work with us at the theater, we'll give you something to do, don't worry." "No, well, Doña Carmen," she said, " but you know I need to earn money because I need to pay for a hotel; I have nowhere to live." "What are you worried about, my dear? Come to my house, you can stay here." Carmen Salinas did that a lot, you know. She had a house full of Cepillín and I don't know how many other people. So, she told her, "Well, come here." And she took her to live there.

[00:47:44]Well, you see, little by little, and thanks to Carmen Salinas, Taña Libertad began to be known because Carmen introduced her to her friends, businesspeople, politicians, artists—to everyone. And little by little, Tania Libertad became more and more well-known, and she had only been living in Mexico for a few months. Then, suddenly, someone asked her, "Excuse me, miss, how did you get here?" as a tourist or with a visa. About what? She said. Well, they gave me a visa to come and work at UNAM. For how many days?

[00:48:21]No, well, not for one more. Wow, well, he knows that document is already expired, so he has to legalize his situation, but [clears throat] well, he didn't have enough money yet and stayed for some time living illegally in our country. Suddenly, one day, a person who worked at CONASIT, which is the National Council of Science and Technology, a man named Edmundo Flores and Mrs. Margosu, a great theater entrepreneur. It turns out they talk to her and tell her, "Tania, you have talent." And Carmen Salinas also recommended us to you.

[00:48:59]Look, Margosu offered him a contract, extended his contract so he could continue working at the Blanquita theater, and Edmundo, from CONASIT, told him, "Look, I'm going to help you fix your immigration status, your legal status, so you can get a work visa."

[00:49:17]And it turns out that Tania said, "Well, Mr. Edmundo, thank you very much." But since you're bothering me, I mean, I don't know if I'm being too pushy, but instead of getting a work visa, why don't you help me process my citizenship instead? "I really want to be Mexican," Edmundo said. Yes, I really want to be Mexican. It turns out that Tania obtained her nationality and became a Mexican citizen. Well, I was already working legally, I didn't have any problems anymore. Well, not long after, suddenly one day there's a knock at their door, right?

[00:49:51]Who says Tani? I'm Paquito. Now that's more like it, Mom. I'm Paquito, I won't do any mischief. I'm Paqu. What Paquito?

[00:49:57]Tania said. Paquito, your ex-boyfriend. You don't even remember me back in Peru. Of course, Paquito, the one who motivated me to break free from my parents and for Claro, Paquito, come on over. And Paquito said to her, "You know what, Tania? I came all the way from Peru just to find you, and I came to propose. Will you marry me?" And Tania accepted. She said yes. Well, they got married around 1978.

[00:50:28]The thing is, once they were married, Paquito said to her, "Well, you're my wife now, right, Tania?" "No, well, yes."

[00:50:35]"Well, then let's go back to Peru." Tania said, "No, I'm already Mexican, what's wrong with you?" Remember that a woman should follow her man, and I am your man, so you have to follow me. Well, you may be Juan Pérez, but I don't follow you and I'm staying in my Mexico. So if you want to come back, Paquito, go ahead. But I'm staying here. I'm doing very well here. I have met wonderful people. My career is taking off quite well.

[00:51:01]So, the truth is, I'm not going with you.

[00:51:05]And Paquito, well, he did leave, didn't he?

[00:51:07]Because he came to take her away and Paco is going back to Peru. That separation affected her more than she could have imagined. Tania was very sad, very very sad, and all she did was remember her Paquito. It turns out that in order to distract herself, Tania Libertad starts accepting invitations to go to parties, and before long it was Friday, Saturday, and Sunday parties.

[00:51:35]Then Thursday was added, well, it was already a daily thing to go to parties and at each party, look, to add a little alcohol, because it's really good. And Tania said, well, it's the only way I forget about Paco, so give me another one, don't serve me another one.

[00:51:49]Now, like Ricky Martin, she lived the crazy life, partying, drinking, and being out of control for quite a while, and it wasn't a short time. It was the way Tania had found to escape her reality, right? She didn't remember that her marriage had been a failure, that Paco hadn't told her the truth, that he had come to take her away and hadn't told her that, and that she was very hurt by it.

[00:52:18]It turns out that Paco was already living in Peru, Tania was already living in Mexico, they were completely separated, but legally they were still married because they got married in Mexico. They had not signed the divorce papers. And so they went on for years, uh, where neither of them, I don't know if in those years it was already common that after so many years of not living together there is automatic divorce, I don't know, but it turns out that around the year 83, 1983, Tania Libertad met a gentleman who was already, well, he wasn't divorced, he was separated just like her, but he was married, Luis Felipe Gómez da Silva. And it turns out that this Brazilian gentleman, a Brazilian businessman, starts dating Tania, right? We're going this way, we're going that way, we're going everywhere. Suddenly one day, Tania starts with stories like, " Oh, wow, I'm craving strawberries and cream," or "I'm in the mood for this," or "I want to buy you yarn to make baby sweaters."

[00:53:21]Well, Tania had all the symptoms of being pregnant and went to get a test and yes, she really was. She was pregnant. Then he talks to the Brazilian and says, "Hey, you know what, Luis Felipe? Well, I would really like to have a family and I wouldn't want my son to be born like this, that's all." And Luis Felipe told her, "Don't worry, we're going to get married. I love you, you love me, we're going to be parents." What's the problem? Well, there was a problem. The problem is that Luis Felipe was still married and Tania was still married to Paquito. So, imagine, that was going to be a big deal, I mean, no, it couldn't be done. So, they both had to speed up their respective divorces, right? Luis Felipe from his ex-wife, well, from his wife and Tania from Paquito. Well, once they were divorced, they were able to get married without any major problems.

[00:54:23]The thing is, after Luis Felipe and Tania got married, they realized that they were n't exactly the ideal couple.

[00:54:31]Look, to begin with, Luis Felipe was a businessman, an athlete, and lived a low-profile life, very discreet, very gentlemanly, right? In contrast, Tania was still in the stage of living the crazy life. She loved the nightlife, she spent her time singing on stage.

[00:54:52]lives that didn't mesh at all.

[00:54:55]Despite everything, they decided to have another child, Diego. And note that Tania was already quite well-known in Mexico at that time. Even at that time, the record label Polygram signed her to an exclusive artist contract. They record an album of boleros.

[00:55:15]The album is produced by Chamín Correa. It has been one of Tania Libertad's most successful albums. But all things considered, when Tania was told, "You're going to sing boleros" produced by Charmín Correa, she said, "Listen, no, I want to go back to troba, I want to go back to singing other genres." I mean, the bolero, yes, but only occasionally, and not so much, he did n't even record the album because he had a contract with the record label. Well, it turns out that the album became a tremendous success, one of the best-selling albums in Tania Libertad's career, so she had no choice but to record boleros again. But with that bolero album produced by Chamín Correa, listen, Tania Libertad filled the National Auditorium seven times with that album.

[00:56:03]We're talking about getting 70,000 people into the National Auditorium; it's insane. a lot, a lot of people. Well, at that time, suddenly one day Tania's manager tells her, "Hey, Tania, I received a call and there's someone who wants to meet you."

[00:56:23]"Ah, okay," he said, "well, bring him, right? I mean, what's the problem?

[00:56:27]No, Tania is a very special person, so we have to give him his space. I mean, it's not like you just say hi and that's it. No, we have to give the gentleman some space. Yes, okay, but tell me who he is, so I know." And she said, "It's Gabriel García Márquez." "What do you think?" "Listen, I have all his books," Tania Libertad said. "All his books." And he said, "Well, bring them because you're going to meet him and he wants to meet you."

[00:56:54]When Tania met Gabriel García Márquez, look, he arrived with his bag of CDs for Tania to sign, and Tania arrived with her bag of books for Gabriel García to sign. Well, they were both fans of each other, and just like Gabriel García Márquez, politicians, businesspeople, high-level people, loved Tania Libertad's career, many, many people. People. Well, even though Tania was at a high point in her career, she suddenly said, "I have to step away, I have to leave the stage for a while." "But why?" they asked her. Well, first of all, my little boy, my little boy Dieguito needs me, but also, I've already been diagnosed with postpartum depression. I've felt very strange, Tania Libertad said, but I didn't even know when it happened because when my son was born I was overjoyed. Well, I had a crying fit and I couldn't stop crying, but it was tears of happiness at having my son. And now they tell me I feel like this because I have postpartum depression. Later she understood that it was because she hadn't enjoyed the pregnancy. It had been a pregnancy during a time when she was busiest with work. So, many times she performed in different places to sing, and while pregnant she would put her guitar on her belly and sing. So she said, "I couldn't enjoy the pregnancy." And I think that's why the issue arose. Right? From depression. Well, it turns out that despite everything, she had to return because she had commitments she had left unfinished. And you know, in the 90s, suddenly one day Tania said, "I want to sing music, but by one of the best composers in Mexico, whom I admire, whom I love, whom I respect, and that is José Alfredo Jiménez."

[00:58:53]And everyone said to her, "Are you crazy, Tania?" No, Mexico will not forgive you.

[00:59:00]José Alfredo Jiménez is a leading figure in Mexican music. People love him. In Mexico, it's one of the most beloved, but you're also a foreigner, and if you do n't do well, you'll lose everything you've gained up to this day. Nobody, nobody, nobody is ever going to want to buy one of your records again. And Tania said, "But I want to take a chance. And I want to see how it goes." Well, it turns out she recorded the album, a total success. That José Alfredo album and the Chamín Correa album, which he produced, are the two best-selling albums of Tania Libertad's career. So much so that after that, Miguel Bosé called her and said, "I want to record with you."

[00:59:43]They recorded a song called "Tres Palabras" (Three Words). That song is really good, very, very sensual. She also recorded with Azúcar Moreno, this Spanish duo, with Don Armando Manzanero. Don Armando Manzanero went on tour with her.

[00:59:55]They did two shows, one called " Armando la Libertad" and the other "La Libertad de Armando" (Armando's Freedom), something like that was the name of the shows they did. And they did very well, you know? Very, very, very well. Well, everything in life and Tania's career was going wonderfully well. The year 2010 arrives, and you know, Tania, like most women—and all women should—had to go She went for her routine medical checkups, which for women usually include breast exams with mammograms and cervical cancer screenings to make sure everything was okay.

[01:00:34]Well, it turns out Tania had her routine tests done, and in 2010 they told her she had breast cancer and that she needed immediate treatment; there was no other option, she had to get it done right away. Obviously, this news hurt Tania a lot; she was very confused, went into shock, and it wasn't an easy time for her. Well, she managed to come out of it, and the next day she went to her husband and said, "Listen, we need you to tell us the truth." No, the doctors, the doctor, and for him to tell me, " Okay, what?" And then, you know what? It wasn't even—I mean, she didn't even find out she had cancer from the doctor. You see, the doctor who was treating her was her friend, right? I think who will remain his friend to this day. And it turns out that when the doctor discovered Tania had cancer, he was thinking, "How am I going to tell Tania that she might get this and that?" So, the doctor had the idea to call Luis Felipe, her husband. No, not Luis Felipe, no, this guy. Oh, I forgot the Brazilian's name. He calls his husband, also a friend of his, but when the husband answers the call, he puts it on speakerphone, and the husband is with Tania. So, the doctor says to him, "Hey, guess what, buddy?" I have to tell you something. Look, don't tell Tania, but there's something in her tests that I saw cancer, and I was listening there next to her, well, my friend, I don't even know how to tell him, here's my wife.

[01:02:14]Well, Tania found out that she had cancer.

[01:02:17]So the next day, Tania said to her husband, "Let's go so he can explain it to us properly and tell us what the next step is." And that's when the doctor told him, "You need to have the surgery now, right now." And Tania told him, "Well, I have many signed contracts, I can't say no, because besides, I would have to return the money and I don't have it, I mean, I've spent a lot."

[01:02:40]So, no, I mean, it's not an option.

[01:02:43]They even know that at that time a grandson of Carlos Slim had gotten married and had hired her; they had hired Tania to go and sing Ave Maria. Just look at that. So, Tania couldn't say no. Well, it wasn't until almost the end of that year that Tania finally had the surgery. Well, it turns out they sent her home after the surgery, they removed the cancerous cells and sent her home to recover.

[01:03:11]While in recovery, she went for a check-up and during that check-up they realized that she still had cancer cells in one of those breasts.

[01:03:22]Imagine, you're just leaving and they tell you, "You have it again." And they told him, "We need to reprogram you.

[01:03:28]We need to reprogram you to operate on you again." And Tania said, " Why? I mean, if I followed all the instructions to the letter, how can you tell me that you just took it off and I already have it again?" Well yes. Then the doctor says to her, "Hey, Tenia, have you taken all your medications as I instructed?" And she said, "Yes, yes, yes, yes, I've done the whole treatment. Well, the only thing I haven't taken are those estrogen-blocking pills you gave me." And the doctor said, "Why, Tania? Why haven't you taken them?"

[01:04:00]Look, I've realized that when I take them, my voice changes, and since I'm a singer, people do n't like it when I sing anymore. So, well, but those are the only ones, I'm still taking everything else. So he told her, "Don't you realize that this estrogen blocker is what was preventing the diseased cells from continuing to reproduce, and by not taking it, what you're doing is allowing them to replicate in your body." Oh boy, what do I do then? No, I mean, we have to operate on you, but you have to decide between your career and your voice or your health, because I remind you that if you lose your life to cancer, you won't be able to sing anymore. So, value it, check it out.

[01:04:44]And Tania was like, "Oh, because she was saying, 'But I take this one of those alternative things, right? Instead of the estrogen blocker.'" Well, it turns out they have to schedule her again for another surgery.

[01:04:59]hoping the cancer wouldn't return.

[01:05:01]Well, ultimately that's why it was from 2010 onwards, around 2012 Tania was already much better. Even to celebrate 50 years of his career, he did two shows at the Palace of Fine Arts and filled every venue imaginable. Well, he had Don Armando Manzanero at these presentations, and Don Armando never performed at the Palace of Fine Arts. Well, anyway, the year 2017 arrives and Tania had to return for routine tests, the dreaded mammogram, and it turns out that they inform her that the cancer had returned and that she had to have surgery.

[01:05:40]Look, miraculously, because as I said, when these diagnoses are repeated constantly, life is in great danger, but Tania managed to recover, fortunately.

[01:05:54]Well, the year 2018 arrives and Tania begins to suffer a great deal from menopause.

[01:06:03]Then, a doctor recommended hormone treatment, telling her, "This will balance you out, absolutely nothing is wrong anymore."

[01:06:10]Then, at another check-up, they said to her, "Tania, guess what?" We discovered two lumps in your thyroid.

[01:06:18]They appear to be tumors. We need to do biopsies and we need to examine them because they are very close to your vocal cords. And here you're not talking about you singing differently, you could lose your voice. So, we need to do biopsies on you. They were tested and it turned out that fortunately these little things weren't malignant. Well, today Taña Libertad is fortunately still working. In fact, notice that Tania Libertad set up a recording studio in her house and her son, who studied sound engineering, is the one who manages and runs the entire recording studio. But also, Tania continues to sing, and she continues to sing quite well. And the best part is that she says, "Rhythms come and go, genres come and go." And I, the truth is, I'm still singing and people are still enjoying my music. And he says, "If one day you hear me singing reggaeton or something like that, don't be surprised because music is music and as long as they give me work, I'll make it work." Doña Tania Libertad is 73 years old today. He has worked for over 60 years.

[01:07:30]Look, all by herself, all by herself, all by herself, with her voice alone she has 55 albums, but albums where her voice appears due to some collaboration are another 20, we are talking about 70 albums. Just imagine a career as big as Tania Libertad's, not just any career, but it's also true, I mean, Tania Libertad can have die-hard fans and she can have people who say, "No, well no, I mean, no, no, she does n't really move me." But that doesn't mean one can't recognize the talent that the lady has. That said, I'm going to tell you something, I didn't really like a comment she made because I once heard and saw an interview they did with her, I don't even remember where, and they asked Tania something and Tania said, "Ah, um, I thank God for this wonderful and imposing voice He gave me."

[01:08:26]Oh, I said, "Oh, I mean, it's nice when they tell you, but when you say it yourself, well, it's kind of not so great." And then I started paying attention to her voice after that interview and I said, "Oh, it's not that big of a deal." So I think I developed a little bit of suspicion towards her, but she has talent, she has talent, that's a separate issue and it's something that has to be acknowledged, but outside of the artistic world, in her personal life, it has been a very difficult and complicated life and that's what we talk about here on this channel, her life beyond her career, beyond her work. It is in her personal life and having been exploited and locked up by her own father, by her mother forced to learn the songs so that she would not make a mistake.

[01:09:11]Wow, putting aside the fact that she was a child, at the end of the day she was a child and I don't think it's right that someone should suffer and experience this kind of thing. But well, that's all for now regarding the life and career of Tania Libertad. For now, I want to thank you all so much for joining us, and tomorrow, oh my God, tomorrow I'm even excited to talk about the character we have for tomorrow because he's a legend. Uh, but from there yes, so you can see, uh, voice, talent for composing, for arranging, as a musician, everything, another level there, another level, but that will be tomorrow. For now, let's say goodbye with text messages. My good Omar. Oh, we have a poll for today. It says, "What impresses you most about Tania Libertad? Her enormous talent (62%) or everything she suffered (38%)?" You know that Tania's talent is definitely in a league of its own. He has a voice, that's for sure. Oh, but he has a song that I tell you about one day when I went with Jorge to where we went to San Luis Potosí. I was driving and he put on a song by Tania Libertad. We entered Querétaro, because we arrived in San Luis Potosí. The song would n't end and it just kept going, ah, the whole cab. I was telling Jorge, "Turn that off, finish that song." We arrived at Joaquín Muñoz's house and the Ave Maria began. Oh no, no, no, no. I was already there, but I was falling asleep. No, no, that's why I'm telling you it's kind of a no. Let's go with text messages. And Mauricio Rebolloso, my friend, says here that cancer is a worrying and dangerous disease. Yes friend.

[01:10:46]We men also have a responsibility to get checked.

[01:10:50]We too can suffer from cancer, well, it's not breast cancer, it's breast cancer and testicular cancer. We should also get checked because there is a possibility, hopefully never, but we must also be very cautious in that regard.

[01:11:09]Elsa Montiel says, "Hello, Philip, greetings from Tlanepantla, State of Mexico. We send you a big kiss, Elsa, kisses. María Elena, María Teresita Osorio Reyes, Philip says, "And your whole team, I wish you an excellent rest." See you tomorrow. Thank you, María Teresita, I'm sending you a big kiss."

[01:11:26]Irmita González says, "Oh, Philip, your story reminded me of something sad from my childhood. We were poor and my parents would put my older brother's shoes on me. " I wore men's shoes, even though they were too tight," she says. And that's how she went to school. Oh, Irmita, you know, I really think many of us here had that kind of childhood and suffered in that way, but I don't think we would change the life we ​​had to live, you know? I think it was difficult and complicated, but even so, our parents—well, I'm speaking for myself—our parents were truly hard workers. Because they didn't have the opportunity to study, even though they were very hardworking, their salaries were always low, and that's why our families were poor, not so much because they didn't work, but because there weren't well-paying jobs. And we did experience some of those situations, but look, life is different today, isn't it?

[01:12:31]Life is different, thankfully, and I'm very glad you're here. Jimena Mancilla says, "Thank you for the beautiful story; you tell it very well." Greetings, my dear Philip. Jime, we're sending you a big kiss." Magali Franco says, "See you tomorrow, Philip." See you tomorrow, Magali.

[01:12:44]Thank you for joining us. Consuelito Vázquez says, "Good night, my dear Philip. It's a pleasure to hear from you. To narrate the life of Tania Libertad.

[01:12:52]Thank you so much. Uh, Flor Villena Durant says, "Hi, Philip, this is Jime from Lima, Peru. I admire you. Thanks, Flori. Look, we're talking today about your fellow countrywoman. Well, she's also one of our countrywomen because she 's Mexican now, but Tania was born there in Peru. Elizabeth Báez says, "Do you look like Chabelo and Pepito in that shirt?"

[01:13:14]Oh, really? I've never seen Pepito in [laughs] this shirt. Oh my God. [ clears throat] Well, oh well.

[01:13:21]Conita says, "Hi, Philip, greetings from New York, we're sending you a big kiss, Conita." Thank you so much to all of you for joining us. Thank you, really. Uh, as always, it's a great pleasure to be with all of you. And tomorrow, don't miss Philip's channel, where he'll tell you this incredible, incredible story. Besides, I'm a fan. I'll tell you tomorrow. And also remember that tomorrow we have Lárido at 11 pm, midnight stories. For now, thank you to Omar, thank you to Dani, thank you to Javi and to all of you for joining us. My name is Felipe Cruz, take good care of yourselves. Bye bye.

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