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“It was a wonderful experience, I tell you, going through high school here and getting to know from a young age the U.S. and the American history, American culture. I became a great fan of American football, and am still a great fan of the Redskins,” said Ambassador Gil-Casares referring to his long association with The United States, both in Washington and in New York.
Amb. Gil-Casares at his residence on Foxhall Road
“Tourism is doing wonderfully. We are 47 million Spainards living in Spain and we receive like sixty million tourists a year – so there are more tourists than Spaniards in our country which is a blessing.”
“We have a pretty good image in the U.S,” he remarked. “It’s a cool country – if you will allow me that term – with lots of culture, wonderful beaches, two or three of the most livable cities in the world: Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilboa. You have the sports, you have the carnivals. People like Spain.”
Hollywood on the Potomac sat down with Amb. Gil-Casares to discuss his career and how Spain has handled the economic crises:
