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“I realized that I had traveled to Havana during what now seems like the childhood of the Cuban Revolution, if you think that Fidel has now been in power for 44 extremely long years. I started looking at the revolution as history, and not as part of the daily news.”

Quote by Alma Guillermoprieto

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Alma Guillermoprieto

Alma Guillermoprieto is an accomplished Latin American journalist renowned for her in-depth reporting on political, social, and cultural issues in the region. Born on May 27, 1949, she grew up in Mexico City and began her career in journalism there. more

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