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Speaker 1: Hey, podcast listeners, just a heads up. This episode contained

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Speaker 1: some intense material, including references to severe violence, some of

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Speaker 1: which might not be appropriate for children. Please take care

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Speaker 1: while listening. From executive producers Daniel Ramidez and myself Eva Longoria,

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Speaker 1: The Sisters of the Underground tells the powerful story of

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Speaker 1: the middle of our sisters, real life Latina's who sacrificed

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Speaker 1: everything for the fight for freedom. In nineteen fifty nine,

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Speaker 1: an expedition of fifty four armed men who had been

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Speaker 1: trained in Kuba landed in the mountains of Constanza Whey

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Speaker 1: to fight alongside Mommy and Poppy against the regime. But

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Speaker 1: they never got the chance. Before they could even get

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Speaker 1: off the plane through He's men who were on them, Kanyo,

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Speaker 1: our military is on our left. Prepare your were button

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Speaker 1: and if I stop, we're done for soldiers. You gotta

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Speaker 1: jump on hunt. If you still turn cop it, we'll

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Speaker 1: divide into fruit support. Let's move go golf, golf, follow

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Speaker 1: for the hills. Everyone got almost everyone escaped into the mountains,

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Speaker 1: though barely only four combatants were caught, but the military

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Speaker 1: knew that there were others, and through heat you order

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Speaker 1: a systematic hunt in that area. Commanding his men to

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Speaker 1: leave no one alive. They even dropped bombs in the area.

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Speaker 1: Constanza was turned into an apocalyptic sea God. Residents were

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Speaker 1: promised money in exchange for revealing the locations of any

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Speaker 1: Garia fighter, and at this time the regime was primed

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Speaker 1: to anticipate any move by the revolutionaries. Five days after

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Speaker 1: this first attempt, another expedition arrived by sea. This group

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Speaker 1: was practically annihilated to just before landing in my Mond

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Speaker 1: yesterday own their boats were sunk by Trudo's air force.

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Speaker 1: One hundred and forty four members of the expeditionary force

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Speaker 1: but this setback would only make other movements grow. One

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Speaker 1: group that San Diego pamphleteers, rageously handed out flyers and

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Speaker 1: posted notices flyers. They even stage the risky event at

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Speaker 1: the San Diego Cemetery. Hey take this, what is it?

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Speaker 1: A revolution? Here to read? Let me see long live

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Speaker 1: the revolution, down with the tyrant, freedom or death? Now

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Speaker 1: this side and help me share this message. Sorry for

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Speaker 1: the expression, but through is a piece of ship. Wow,

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Speaker 1: you guys are brave, but I absolutely agree thr is

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Speaker 1: a piece of ship. Things were shaping up for us

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Speaker 1: and through ju he was going through a rough back.

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Speaker 1: He knew that he could be the next Baptista, but

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Speaker 1: he was not going to surrender easily. He had always

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Speaker 1: been paranoid, but not the paranoia was in embedded in

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Speaker 1: the government. In seven he created his own version of

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Speaker 1: the Gestapo. Said we shouldn't tell hinds emilita or commonising

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Speaker 1: the same. It was a police and military apparatus that

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Speaker 1: practiced persecution, torture and murder both inside and outside the country.

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Speaker 1: Johnny Harvis, a ruthless and cold blooded man who was

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Speaker 1: the head of the SIM We got all of that

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Speaker 1: selling Santiago. It was a group of young community students.

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Speaker 1: Here's the pamphlet that were distributing true Here is a

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Speaker 1: piece of ship. I think that we can call this

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Speaker 1: a direct provocation and threat toward governments and laws. One

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Speaker 1: came to find this as an atop treason. I say,

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Speaker 1: it's also a direct provocation and threat to my safety.

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Speaker 1: My piece of line. Round them all up, already done.

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Speaker 1: They're on the way to La Guarenta. The electric chair

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Speaker 1: is just sitting patiently for them. Good. Make sure the

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Speaker 1: last words include recantation. And high prices. For they're heavy.

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Speaker 1: We would say that it's heavy. You know, the revolution

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Speaker 1: in Googa is struggling. More and more communists are surfacing

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Speaker 1: here thinking they can succeed in toppling me. We need

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Speaker 1: to get Castro taking down. That would send a loud

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Speaker 1: message to the Vision and all the service. Taking out

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Speaker 1: Castro will sent a signal. But we have more important

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Speaker 1: problems here that must be addressed. We need more men

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Speaker 1: in the streets. I don't care who is involved or how,

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Speaker 1: And let it be known. I trust no one. I

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Speaker 1: have no qualms about putting my own family six ft

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Speaker 1: under if there is the slightest suspicion that they were

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Speaker 1: acting against me, you can't throws me. I'm more than family,

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Speaker 1: am I'm like a loyal dog at your service. Good

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Speaker 1: on his promise that Santiago pamphleteers were horribly tortured, and

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Speaker 1: twenty seven of them were executed in the capital on January.

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Speaker 1: But their actions under deaths were not in vain. No,

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Speaker 1: We're putting they made the group headed by Mommy Bobby

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Speaker 1: even more determined and five days after the executions, when

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Speaker 1: they held a meeting with all other followers at Charlie

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Speaker 1: Bogar's think his farmhouse in moun where no one would

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Speaker 1: expect to find them. We are here because we will

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Speaker 1: fight for our people. We will no longer stand by

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Speaker 1: is so strong that no one can break it. Now

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Speaker 1: our movement needs a new name, though, worthy of the

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Speaker 1: spirit that we're living here. What should it be? Any

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Speaker 1: ideas I believe in was honor the fallen Curos we've

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Speaker 1: just lost. If it wasn't for them, many of us

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Speaker 1: would not be here. Each stride taken by a group

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Speaker 1: Out of respect, we must use their name and their agenda.

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Speaker 1: I agree. I agree with you. Let us be. The

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Speaker 1: second order of business is to set up the chain

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Speaker 1: of command in the group. We need a president, a secretary,

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Speaker 1: a treasure and a spokesperson. I can be the secretary.

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Speaker 1: It's the kind of work I've done in the past.

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Speaker 1: I think Monolo should be president. I second death, I

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Speaker 1: mean that was the one who gathered all of us here.

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Speaker 1: I don't know I think that's a better handled by

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Speaker 1: a man. Let's look at this subjectively. Of course, we

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Speaker 1: never is capable of leading us, But how would it

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Speaker 1: make us look in front of the young recruits? Under

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Speaker 1: whose leadership would we look more serious? A man or

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Speaker 1: a woman. That has nothing to do with whether one

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Speaker 1: with how well we convey our message and demonstrate our effectiveness.

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Speaker 1: I agree with my wife on this. Okay, So how

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Speaker 1: about we put this to a vote. Good idea? We

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Speaker 1: never do you agree? Like I said, it doesn't matter,

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Speaker 1: but okay, sure, all right, And on two three four

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Speaker 1: it's eleven votes from anolo our president. Okay, well that

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Speaker 1: settles it. Then you're appointed Treasurer Leandro, something familiar to you,

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Speaker 1: and you people you've already said you'd act as secretary.

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Speaker 1: What's next? Well, first and foremost, we must set our

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Speaker 1: goals clearly. Our main objective is the overthrow of this

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Speaker 1: tyrannical regime, and that calls for the liquidation of Truigo,

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Speaker 1: no matter what the cost. If we succeed, we must

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Speaker 1: have fair and free elections. Write that down, people be

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Speaker 1: sure to use our code names to no sooner said

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Speaker 1: than done, sir, and not just one election, but every

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Speaker 1: four years, a real democracy, got it. We need land

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Speaker 1: reform badly. I should know. I come from the East

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Speaker 1: Side and farmers are living in very depressing conditions. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I agree, very good. Wait wait wait wait wait wait

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Speaker 1: oh that's great talk. No no, no, but we must

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Speaker 1: ourselves here. What about our resources? Now? We need guns

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Speaker 1: Without a sling and a stone, we can't take down

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Speaker 1: the light. We need weapons, at least revolvers, something we're

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Speaker 1: not planning to go down easily. Now, you're right, he's right,

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Speaker 1: he's right. We all know where the weapons are, Julio.

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Speaker 1: They're in the streets with the people, and there is

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Speaker 1: where we should go get them. They're gathering. Is considered

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Speaker 1: a milestone in the history of the country. Moving became

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Speaker 1: which we're hitting in Patre's house. This garage is perfect.

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Speaker 1: No one know who they are, what will ever suspect

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Speaker 1: what we've got here in your house is the perfect

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Speaker 1: place to hide them. Here. Let me show you underneath

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Speaker 1: the floor. We have a secret home. We can put

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Speaker 1: the weapons and the paperworking there. Thank you, Patria. I

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Speaker 1: know it's risky for you, but we really do need

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Speaker 1: a place. I'm here for you always. We must have

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Speaker 1: each other's backs. Math do you have the Christol guns?

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Speaker 1: They're lighter, easier for people with training. No, not yet.

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Speaker 1: Leandrew is going to get them soon. But I do

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Speaker 1: have three revolvers and a couple of Malta bombs. Let's

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Speaker 1: put them all in here. Careful with them, allot dogs,

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Speaker 1: they're unstable here here, I'll go inside and you can

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Speaker 1: hand them down to me. But going against true hire

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Speaker 1: you was that? Can't you on task? Johnny Avis kept

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Speaker 1: with informants. There were government rats non as Scotties went

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Speaker 1: was only a matter of time before they would get

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Speaker 1: to our family. Nobody moved an immediately don't shoot, Please,

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Speaker 1: don't shoot. My family is here. I don't want any

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Speaker 1: harm down to them. Just take me in. Where are

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Speaker 1: And don't you dare go anywhere you are implicated? Implicated

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Speaker 1: It's our right to know? Why? Am I right to

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Speaker 1: I'll be forced never. Just let them take me. We'll

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Speaker 1: or law? I love you doing me there? You're making

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Speaker 1: take care while listening easy as this boss. Days after

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Speaker 1: I see it, see Guidado. It's very delicate, like memories. Mommy.

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Speaker 1: Some short time ago, I asked you to borrow money

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Speaker 1: three and fifty vessels. Thank you, Love you all, Minerva.

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Speaker 1: The money situation was badding off. What we never didn't

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Speaker 1: want was the family to know that she was very sick.

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Speaker 1: Exhaustion fear from man all safety had brought on too berculosis.

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Speaker 1: What's too bad colossis to Berculosis is a sickness in

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Speaker 1: Leaving her own home was very difficult, and it wasn't

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Speaker 1: long before the agents from sim We're hot knocking onto Nostre.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't there that day, and I remember it as

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Speaker 1: if we were only yesterday. Are you all right, mommy,

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Speaker 1: And you feel so cold. I used to lie next

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Speaker 1: her warm. I'm finding I'll be fine soon. I'm just tired.

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Speaker 1: I'm worried about your poppy, and we have so much

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Speaker 1: to do. Are you expecting someone? I'll go and see

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Speaker 1: who it is. Open up? You got two minutes to

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Speaker 1: How can I help you? We're here looking for Mrs Yes,

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Speaker 1: The more you struggle, the harder this will be. Send

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Speaker 1: take her seats and pray for their safety. For many years,

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Speaker 1: Can you bring me the paper? Any news? Please? I'll

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Speaker 1: think you'll be living here alive? Poor fab That food

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Speaker 1: smells revolting? What is it? I don't know, but I'm sorry.

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Speaker 1: only repectacular through Hilo and his crown Is even had

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Speaker 1: a colosseum like the ancient Romans, where his special friend

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Speaker 1: played the host. Please a toast, Vargas, thank you for

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Speaker 1: in the land of our benefactor b But to hear

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Speaker 1: Even in this state, she still looks good. All she

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Speaker 1: lived up to your name. Don't worry. I'll take care

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Speaker 1: Now to entertain your friend here, I'll talk to the

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Speaker 1: virgin Mary if I had to, I doubt you Grace,

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Speaker 1: this is a joke? Huh? Who were the others who

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Speaker 1: You know who I am, and you know what I want?

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Speaker 1: And my patient is running out if you won't pick up,

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Speaker 1: maybe it's trying to get rid of you. I love you,

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Speaker 1: I love you, I love him. Oh, you're pathetic. Once

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Speaker 1: enjoy the newspaper classes. But there was always an angel somewhere,

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Speaker 1: openly tonnounce this regime. My god, it's happening. That dictator

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Speaker 1: was written by Jose Maria Carrall and Mary Castellanos, story

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Speaker 1: Incredible cast includes Dania Ramirez as Mino Tavares Miraval, our narrator,

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Speaker 1: Judy Reges as Minerva Miraval, Jane Santos as Miraval, selinezt

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Speaker 1: Acariendo es Patrio Miraval, Serio Carlo as Manolo Tavaris, and

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Speaker 1: to Doug Boum and abou so Far at I Heart Media.

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Speaker 1: Special thanks to Mino Tavaris, mirable daughter of Minerva and Manolo,

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Speaker 1: She also published the book of letters that we quote

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Speaker 1: throughout the series. It's called Manana Escrivio Travis. Check out

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