Pray a song ‘that distance is oblivion’, but nothing is further from reality in the case of the most sixty members of the Madrid Peña ‘Los Meregues del Chotis’ based in San Juan de Puerto Rico. In fact, they would be much more agree with that other letter that says ‘with you in the distance ...’. And it is that thanks to Armando Izquierdo, its president, the Madrid feeling has crossed the Atlantic by joining such different ways as the Madrid Castizo and by extension the Spanish, and the Caribbean, the chotis and the merengue ... in an explosive mixture whose main objective is to enjoy seeing Real Madrid. The idea of ​​creating a Real Madrid player in the heart of the Caribbean emerged in 1999 when “in a lunch with a group of good Madrid The idea of ​​traveling to the capital of Spain occurred to witness a meeting between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Chotis meringues, ”says Armando. The majority of its members are Spanish citizens residing in Puerto Rico' for many years 'as they say there. But also among its members there are Puerto Rican citizens and even other parts of the world. And is that the least is the nationality of each one, the really important thing is that they are joined by a great Madrid feeling. Every Tuesday they meet at its social club, the restaurant ‘El Chotis’ that also, of course, gladly lends its name to the Peña. 'There we change impressions and comment on the matches of the week. In addition, every six months we expand these meetings to all the members of our respective families,' continues the president of the Peña. The days of greatest boiling in the restaurant are those in which there is a game. 'We see them on a giant and live screen, between two and four in the morning, depending on the time of start in Spain. But the least is the time, because we do not lose any.' His passion for Real Madrid does not stay only in front of the TV screen, since every year some of its members are customary to see in the Santiago Bernabéu the classic Real Madrid-Barcelona. 'In addition, every time our partners go to Spain on vacation we try to get tickets so they can go to the white sanctuary,' concludes Armando.