El periodista de La pluma de Dumbo, convencido de que algún día sería un gran escritor, escucha un comentario cáustico de su hijo sobre la gran novela que nunca llega. En Inodoro, un electricista se queda dormido en la casa vacía donde está trabajan
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For the last four decades, Fidel Castro's communist Cuba has survived a harsh economic blockade. In 1993, Castro attempted economic reform by allowing Cubans to use U.S. dollars and begin their own business ventures—"a huge messy free-for-all." This tim
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