"Lei è lontana, però le voglio bene comunque."

Translation: She is far away, but I still love her.

[jmdbt]

i don't understand why it is "le" and not "la"

[siebolt]

The loved one becomes an indirect object "le" in the construction "voglio bene + ind. obj" . If it had been "amo" for "voglio bene" there would have been a direct object "la"

[rocketthebunny]

I don't understand why "however" doesn't work. It should.