Degrees of Separation

[By Castle Denizen: Boquisucio - since it's No More Che Day here's a reposted rescue of a post apparently destroyed in the mists of time and server-crashes.]

How many degrees of human contact separate this WOMAN, from these MEN?

Cuba this, Cuba that; Cuba blah-blah-blah. Ever since one of those two megalomaniacs decided to spend the remaining days of his life planting red petunias, all we hear is Cuba-Cuba-Cuba. Well, growing-up in the Island of Tropical Breezes, you couldn’t help but hear about Cuba all the time.

We all know that Miami is the nexus of Cuban exiles World-wide. But few of you know, that my island is home to over 20,000 Cuban-born exiles, not counting their direct descendants who over the decades have been born and raised in Puerto Rico. Given that both islands share the same language, and in the case of Eastern Cubans, the very same culture, it is not surprising that many chose to settle in Puerto Rico instead of the U.S. Mainland. Cubans from the area around Santiago are almost undistinguishable in accent, culture and mores to Puerto Ricans. Cubans from around Habana, on the other hand are very different from us.

Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2014/10/degrees_of_sepa.html