Paris, May 23, 2012
Mrs. Hillary Clinton
United States Secretary of State
Dear Madam Secretary:
In the mid 1990s, during the Clinton presidency, under the first Castro dictatorship in my homeland, Cuba, the International Book Fair in Miami invited me to be a participant. Although at that time I already lived in exile in Paris, the United States denied me a visa on three different occasions. The organizers of the Book Fair sent a letter to the President, and I personally contacted his office thanks to the assistance of a Cuban American journalist. Finally, my visa was approved, as was my husband’s, the filmmaker Ricardo Vega, and my young daughter’s, a baby. Nonetheless, at the airport, before boarding the airplane, we were searched from top to bottom, in a private room. The police used gloves to touch us and even checked inside my daughter’s diaper. Finally, we were accompanied to the airplane and then, during the entire trip, by a security guard. In Boston, where we had a stopover, we were not allowed to enter the airport, and we had to show President Clinton’s letter to be allowed access. Finally, after many phone calls and consultations, and having missed several flights, we were allowed to travel and arrived at the Book Fair in Miami, where I participated and read my works in a theater before a thousand people, among them citizens from all over the world, Americans, Cuban Americans and Cubans. After the conclusion of my trip, I returned to Paris, where I still reside. I have returned to the United States and to the International Book Fair in Miami numerous times...seguir leyendo en el blog de Zoé Valdés
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Zenquiú, dear.
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