“The great economic conditions that you and Rosa are always telling me about didn’t exist in the countryside. The cities had excellent hospitals and free education, but the same wasn’t true en el campo. There was extensive seasonal unemployment. There were very few hospitals. A majority of guajiros lived in houses with dirt floors, without electricity, plumbing, or bathrooms.” “Do you think Mexico and Brazil took better care of their rural populations?” Ofelia countered. “If I understand correctly, now there isn’t even running water in Havana. Doesn’t everyone have water tanks because of
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