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A Cuban Story
All I have ever heard about Cuba are stories. Since I was little my grandparents would tell me stories about their native land Cuba, but these were not nice stories. Some of these stories I could not even believe them. They seem like things that could only happen in movies. Things like spies, people trying to escape the island, government oppression, poverty and people disappearing without a trace. I used to think these things only happened during the time my grandparents lived there, but I was wrong.

Recently, my cousin from Cuba came to Puerto Rico to visit me and my family. It was the first time he had ever visit our beautiful island. Since he arrived, all we talked about was about Cuba. For us it was something knew because it had been
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