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José Martí – Cuba’s Hero
History Dr Stephen Wilkinson History Dr Stephen Wilkinson

José Martí – Cuba’s Hero

Every visitor to Cuba who lands in Havana arrives at José Martí International Airport. If the visitor is observant, as they walk through the streets, they will notice that outside the entrance to every school stands a bust of a moustachioed slightly balding man. That, too, is José Martí, and when the visitor takes the tour to Revolution Square, where all the great rallies are held

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