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Word: jinetera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2008-2008
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...wife Yusimi and their radiant daughter Zenia, 5. We'd been out late dancing a few nights earlier, and Yusimi was giving me a postmortem on my performance. (Her bemused verdict: "You have Caribbean feet, but I have no idea what your butt is doing.") Just then, "La Jinetera" by the staunchly anti-Castro Miami singer Willy Chirino came through the speakers. It must have been the driver's CD--the song would never have been allowed on state-run radio. Chirino, a Cuban-born exile, has always been a little too naked in his politics for my tastes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sound of Change: Can Music Save Cuba? | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

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