Like Shakira, Lola Flores “La Faraona” had problems with the Spanish Treasury in 1987, for which she had to pay a million: “I will pay them, thank God, because I don’t lack work.”

María Dolores Flores, better known as Lola Floresshe rose from the ashes at one point in her life when she faced problems with the state treasury due to non-payment of taxes, and two decades after the Spanish singer, the Colombian singer Shakira also went through this.

Actress, dancer and singer, who was an icon of the Spanish artistic milieu and recognized as an actress of the golden age of Mexican cinema for her participation in films such as ¡Ay, pena, penita, pena!, La Faraona (1956) and Lola’s Three Loves Lived are a difficult period when the Ministry of Finance started an investigation in 1987.

We recalled the topic of the Spanish woman in the special of the show “Lazos de sangre”, a biographical program of RTVE.

The debt in the treasury of Lola Flores that led her to ruin

As the RTVE page reminds, Lola Flores comes from a modest family, so she gained her fame through hard work and working from scratch.

Known as La Faraona, she enjoyed fame, money with which she enjoyed jewelry and dresses, but also games of chance such as casinos and bingo. Also, with her wealth, she became very generous and helped everyone she could.

However, by a twist of fate in 1987, she faced legal problems due to alleged non-payment of taxes, which Shakira also went through, who pleaded guilty in November and was fined a millionaire. It is not far from the reality that Lola Flores experienced in 1992 when the sentence was pronounced.

“We were at a moment when we still needed to consolidate the idea that taxes must be paid because the entire welfare state comes from them,” commented journalist Julia Otero in the special, who interviewed her about the court proceedings.

The artist allegedly did not plead between 1982 and 1985, as happened to Shakira, but between 2012 and 2014. In the case of Lola Flores, she was owed 28 thousand pesetas, which is equivalent to 12,240 euros or 13,169 dollars today.

At that time, the prosecution demanded two years and one month in prison and a fine of 96 million pesetas, or 41,968.93 euros or 45,155 dollars, for the actress and singer. Plus compensation of 50 million pesetas or $23,516.

“They took her as a guinea pig: if Lola Flores paid, those who came after had to pay too,” said her daughter Lolita in the documentary.

Just as Shakira felt it was unfair; But after all the scandals caused by that issue, La Faraona accepted the punishment.

“I will pay 28 million, because that is what I really owed. Yes, I am satisfied. I want them to leave me alone. I will pay them, thank God, because I don’t lack work, and they don’t even remember me anymore”, he said then without admitting guilt.

He then sold a piece of land on the Cuesta de las Perdices in Madrid, reports RTVE, and refocused on his business, which he doubled not only to pay the debt, but also to emerge from the ashes in which he was simultaneously immersed. battling breast cancer that consumed her for 20 years, despite chemotherapy and cobalt treatment.

His disease was discovered in 1972, but despite this he continued to perform and decided not to undergo surgery, according to a documentary on the Spanish channel.

“I went with her to the doctor and he told her that what happened to her breast, after twelve years, also happened to the other breast. The doctor told him that if he cut it, he would be saved. And she said no. She was so flirtatious that I didn’t want it,” her sister Carmen recalled in the television special.

“When she died she was 72 years old, but it seemed like she was 58. She was in the fullness of life,” said her daughter Rosario, while Lolita believes her mother “lasted as long as she did because she never stopped working and being herself alone.”

The Hacienda thing was just a brief slump from which she rose and emerged until May 16, 1995, when she ceased to exist, leaving a void in her family and public that never left her. (AND)