Frida Kahlo is a Mexican artist who needs no introduction; she is famous for her murky relationship with the painter Diego Rivera, her fascinating and painful life story, and of course, her explicit works of pain and fantasy, a reflection of her personal life.

That is why when the National Sound Library announced having an audio that contains the supposed voice of the artist, the media did not let it pass. The audio is a 2-minute extract from the program El Bachiller by Álvaro Gálvez Fuentes, produced in 1956, in which we can hear a woman (possibly Frida) recite the poem “Portrait of Diego”, a text written in 1949 by the artist for her husband Diego Rivera.

However, many people remain unsure about the identity of the voice heard in the audio. On one hand, the Secretary of Culture Alejandra Claustro declared that “It is a discovery that has many elements that can be identified as the probable voice of Frida Kahlo, without giving it as one hundred percent true.”, and Esteban Volkov, grandson of Leon Trosky, said he was not sure if he identified the voice as Frida.

On the other hand, the director of the Sound Library Pável Granados assured that Guadalupe Rivera Marín, daughter of Diego Rivera, recognized her voice as Frida Kahlo. It has also been ruled out that the voice could belong to a professional speaker, since after various studies and analysis, it can be heard that the person reading the poem stops to take his breath on several occasions and "tends to lisp."

The recording was part of the collection of the XEW, property of Televisa Radio, and has been delivered to the National Sound Library for safekeeping.