However, a series of events, exacerbated by some journalists and Chilean television presenters (including Don Francisco),[2] forced her to settle in Mexico.

From a performance on the Televisa program Siempre en Domingo, and at the hand of the great Chavela Vargas, she achieved a successful career in that country.

From there she obtained the necessary recognition to start a successful international career, which led her to appear in countries such as Australia, the United States, Argentina, and Japan (where she met Atahualpa Yupanqui and recorded two songs in Japanese).

In 2007 she joined the Canal 13 television program Cantando por un sueño as mentor of the pair of participants Carolina Vargas [es] and Lizardo Garrido.

In 2002 she celebrated her 40-year career with a performance in her native San Felipe, with songs like "Recuerdos de mi pueblo", dedicated to her childhood neighborhood of El Almendral.