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Persona Non Grata

A Memoir of Disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution

By Jorge Edwards

In 1970 Jorge Edwards was dispatched by socialist Chilean President Salvador Allende to break the diplomatic blockade that had sealed Cuba for over a decade. His arrival coincided with the turning point of the Revolution, when Castro began to repress the very intellectuals he once courted.

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