Cuban Comedian Alexis Valdés Wins Important Award

November 25, 2024

Cuban actor Alexis Valdés won the Martín Fierro Latino 2024 award in the Humor Work in Television and Platforms category.

The ceremony, organized by the Association of Television and Radio Journalists of Argentina (APTRA), took place on November 22 at the JW Marriott in Brickell, Miami.

Valdés competed with outstanding talents such as Ariel Tarico (Argentina), Momi Giardina (Luzu TV), Eugenio Derbéz (Mexico) and Luis Slimming (Chile).

The Martín Fierro Prize is one of the most prestigious awards in the field of television, radio and media in Argentina.

This award has been given annually since 1959, and its objective is to recognize excellence in television and radio productions in that South American country.

The Martín Fierro Latino (or Latina) is an extension of the Martín Fierro Awards, created to recognize excellence in television, radio and digital media produced by the Latino community in different regions, especially in the United States.

This award seeks to highlight the talents, programs and productions in Spanish that represent the Spanish-speaking audience outside of Argentina.

"Will they give us the award? Maybe it's not the most important thing. It's a moment of joy. But the true award is to remain active after so many years... and that award has been given to me by all of you. And you have been immensely generous. And thanks to that we continue in the breach. Trying to make people laugh like the first day. Happy day to all," Valdés wrote on Instagram days before the event.

"Here we are. Nominated for the awards of a culture that I have admired all my life: Argentine culture. That of Les Luthiers, Pinti, Lupi, Alterio, Brandoni, Franchella, Darín, Morán, Zorrilla (as Uruguayan as Argentine), Aristarán, Jusid, Puenzo, Borges, Facundo… So many," he commented emotionally when he was already at the venue, accompanied by his wife, Claudia Valdés.

After receiving the statuette, Valdés shared a video on Instagram to express his gratitude to his colleagues and followers.

"Thank you, how beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful! And precisely from Argentina. The country of the actors and comedians who inspired me when I started," he wrote.