Lessons Learned in Cuba: Angel

Every morning as we went out into the neighborhood and we often saw Angel pass by with his carts full of fruit. Our hostess at the hostel told us that she had been buying fruit from Angel for the past 15 years. Greed was not a common or normal feature in the people of Cuba. I first noted this in Angel, who made his income from growing fruit and selling it. Even though he had very little, he gave our group a few pineapples, which is considered expensive among most Cubans.

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