Chapter 4
Insulting El Comandante
[Cuba, 2002]
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Tempers are starting to rise. It’s clear that the driver doesn’t want to let his booty go. A small crowd begins to form around us. Momentarily, all the annoyances of the last few weeks are coming back. The devious ways Cubans constantly try to extort money from us. The aversion when Daniela was robbed, the unwillingness from the police to do anything about the theft or even to write a report about it. And now this taxi driver is "forgetting" that an agreement has been made and the police are eagerly cooperating with him while they are unwilling to catch thieves. All the pent-up frustration is coming to the surface. And eventually, it explodes
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