journalist Ana Rosa Quintana distinguished by this Monday Capital’s gold medalhanded over with ceremony. Festival of San Isidroand thanked for the appreciation, assuring that Madrid is “all of Spain”.
Quintana emphasized her family roots in her awards speech and recalled: He grew up in the “working class neighborhood” of Usera “before it became Chinatown”.A phrase that has sparked some controversy on social networks.
The popular Usera neighborhood has been around for years. a large part of the population of Chinese descent residing in the capitalwith huge blocks of Asian businesses with signs and signs in their own language.
The host also mentioned that he has a family from Lavapiés, another popular and traditional area of Madrid. “The wonderful thing must be coming from here, my father’s family came from Calle Mayor, I have three children from Madrid. I live and enjoy my city because this city is a foster home,” he stressed.
For Quintana, Madrid is “the crossroads, the country of more than 50 friends in the program, but also the country of a Catalan named Dalí, a Lorca from Granada… the country of thousands of Spaniards.” those who come to earn life and live life”. “Madrid, we are all Spain,” he concluded.