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Article: Dance of the Cubans: Miami community leaders are taking a kinder, gentler approach to the Fidel Castro regime.
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- Newsweek
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- March 10, 2003
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Byline: Arian Campo-Flores
Usmanis Barreiros is no fan of Fidel Castro. "Communism," he says, "is s--t." A year and a half ago, Barreiros, 58, emigrated legally from the island (Cuba allows some to leave each year), landing in Miami with his wife and one of his sons. But his other son, Uslanier, had to stay behind, stripped of his exit permit by the government. The regime also deprived Uslanier, 16, of his ration card, leaving him to rely entirely on the $100 Barreiros sends every month for food. Given that experience, Barreiros would seem an easy recruit for the hard-line Cuban exile community in Miami that has fought to depose Castro for more than 40 years. But ...