Julian Gil demands a racist order to remove the flag from Puerto Rico to Miami

Miami. Actor Julian Gil described as racist the new order issued by the city of Miami to erase the huge mural of the Puerto Rican flag that covers the restaurant “La Placita”, which it owns.

The singer, born in Argentina but raised in Puerto Rico, noticed this They will continue to fight against this order, which they have described as “racist action” against Puerto Ricans and Latinos, According to the Spanish-language chain Univisión, on Wednesday.

“The flag remains and we will fight against it, of course we will,” the actor and businessman added.

The order issued this week is the second of its kind, after two years ago the city ordered that “La Placița” be remove the paint from the huge flag that covered the three floors of the building where the restaurant is located, one of whose owners is the Puerto Rican chef José Mendín.

The dispute ended with an agreement in January 2020 that allowed homeowners to keep the mural on the premises, located in the historic MiMo neighborhood, home to several modernist-style buildings and one of Miami’s hallmarks.

The decision a little over a year ago was met by the mayor of Miami, Francis Suárez, “the Puerto Ricans suffered a lot and needed a victory like this. We did the right thing, “he said.

The new order warns that if the mural is not deleted, the owners could lose the restaurant’s operating license, which was opened in 2018..

“The city of Miami and the MiMo neighborhood in the middle of the pandemic have nothing better to do than to tell us again, after everything we have already gone through, to take out our flag. This is ridiculous. Maybe MiMo doesn’t deserve my flag here “, the chef Mendín underlined on his Instagram account.

The mural, which cost about $ 25,000, was made by Puerto Rican artist Héctor Collazo Hernández.