Poem
In the poem Ganadería, Cuban exile and poet Ricardo Pau-Llosa retells the story of Ubre Blanca as an allegory of Castro’s rise to power.
- They were educated men,
- how could they not know what was coming?
- How could they not save Ubre Blanca
- from the endless speeches, the cameras, and the fist?
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