There
are many Cubans who see a foreign visitor as a potential source of
easy revenue. “Just one peso Señor!”
Worth 24 times their own national peso, it's hardly surprising many
give it a try. Reynaldo was sitting quietly on one of the marble
benches on the Malecon, and by his mild manners I could tell he
wasn't a born hustler. I pointed to his T-shirt and asked if Che was
his hero (or something like that). “Yes Che,” he replied,
smiling. “Also Castro, and ...” (someone else). I didn't catch the
name so he got out a small plastic wallet in which, amongst other things, were credit
card sized reproductions of Che, Castro and Camilo
Cienfuegos, whose face I recognised, but his name was less familiar
to me. Of all the heroes of the revolution Camilo Cienfuegos was his
favourite. Before we parted he insisted I have one of the prints of
Che.
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