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Communism — ladies and gentlemen, I say it without flinching: communism in eastern Europe, Russia, China, Mongolia, North Korea, and Cuba brought land reform and human services; a dramatic bettering of the living conditions of hundreds of millions of people on a scale never before or never since witnessed in human history, and that's something to appreciate. Communism transformed desperately poor countries into societies in which everyone had adequate food, shelter, medical care, and education,
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que voy de nuevo entre las calles, entre orichas,
entre el calor oscuro y corpulento,
entre los colegiales que declaman Martí,
entre los automóviles, entre los nichos, entre mamparas,
entre la Plaza del pueblo, entre los negros, entre guardacantones,
entre los parques, entre la ciudad vieja, entre el viejo viejo Cerro,
entre mi Catedral, entre mi puerto
aquí vuelvo a decír: amor, ciudad atribuída
(de "Amor, Ciudad Atribuída")
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― Where the Island Sleeps Like a Wing: Selected Poetry
― Where the Island Sleeps Like a Wing: Selected Poetry
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