Editing Carmen Amaya (section)

===Beginning of international success: Latin America (1936–1940)===
In 1936, when the [[Spanish Civil War]] had just begun, Carmen Amaya and her troupe were on tour in Valladolid with Luisita Esteso's show. They crossed the border from [[Spain]] to [[Portugal]] and, after a short time arrived in Lisbon. From there they sailed for [[Buenos Aires]] on the ship Monte Pascoal, which took fifteen days to cross the [[Atlantic]] and arrive at [[Brazil]] and [[Uruguay]]. She debuted in Buenos Aires, accompanied by [[Ramón Montoya]] and [[Sabicas]] at the Maravillas Theatre.

During this stage of her life, she added to her artistic group several members of her family. She made films in Buenos Aires with Miguel de Molina and won the admiration of musicians [[Arturo Toscanini]] and [[Leopold Stokowski]], who publicly praised her.

The success of Carmen Amaya and her family exceeded all expectations. They planned to stay for only four weeks but ended up staying there for nine months, since every time Carmen performed, the theater was filled and tickets were sold out two months in advance. A good example of the enormous popularity that the artist achieved in this South American country is the construction of a theater that bears her name: el Teatro Amaya.

In addition, it seems that during most of those years in America the bailaora maintained a personal relationship with [[Sabicas]], who declared shortly before his death that he and Carmen had been dating for nine years, and that they had split in [[Mexico]].