The Last Tour Guide to Leave Cuba

[El Presidente]

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The Last Tour Guide to Leave Cuba

Mike in hand, our tour guide stands at the front of the bus. “This will be my last tour,” she announces. “I am not the same person I was six years ago. Then I was hopeful. There was so much work I didn’t have time for a break. Now it’s different. My generation, we feel betrayed. Ten years ago they promised reforms. But nothing changes.” She and her boyfriend will get Mexican visas to go to Cancun on pretense of a vacation. There they will meet up with a “coyote” who will take them to the US border, where they’ll claim asylum. After a year, they’ll be eligible for US residency.

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