Gloria has a wax statue in Rock Circus in London.

They are always working on Spanish-language projects. The title of their 1989 album, Cuts Both Ways, refers to their intention to appeal to both English- and Spanish-speaking audiences. 

June 1998 - Gloria performes with Mariah Carey, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain and Celine Dion at the first VH1 - Divas Live - Save The Music - where Gloria proudly prenounds that she is only a divette.  

Gloria evoked some controversy by speaking her mind. Estefan wrote a letter to The Herald in defense of Peggi McKinley, a Metro-Dade Film Advisory Board member ousted for voicing her support for banned Cuban musicians at a Miami Beach music conference. The Cuban-exile community has been attacking Gloria's comments ever since calling her a communist sympathizer, even though she was once their most beloved representative. Estefan later stated, "In Miami, they think I'm just 'Come on shake your body baby do that conga.' Well, I'm more than that, I'm not the best singer in the world. I'm a communicator." 

When the Pope was to visit Cuba the following January for the first time, he won't be seeing Gloria sing. Gloria's husband told the Miami Herald: "We will never sing in Cuba while Fidel Castro's regime exists. The day Gloria sings in Cuba, she will do so because Cuba is free, and we trust that this will happen soon." Gloria has been asked several times to perform for the Pope while he is in Cuba.

Gloria wrote the following songs for her children: "I' Am Here For You - Nayib's Song" for Nayib and for her daughter Emily "Along Came You" and "My Angel". 

Gloria was present during the opening ceremony of the Lois Pope Life Center dedication in Miami. The center, which will be operated by The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, will provide the world's most comprehensive spinal cord injury research.
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With General Schwarzkopf and former pro football player Nick Buoniconti	With Christopher Reeve	With Lois Pope

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