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Brother  Marie-Victorin on the Varadero beach, with his sisters and a friends, 1939
Exposition Sous le soleil de Cuba [Jardin botanique de Montréal]
Under the Cuban Sun Cuba Marie-Victorin Itineraries Cuba's Provinces

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... 1959:
American domination


... replaced the Spanish rulers.

During Marie-Victorin's visits to Cuba (1938-1944), the island was under the heel of Batista, a dictator. Marie-Victorin took Brother L?on's advice and deleted any pro-revolutionary passages from his journals:

I understand that one must be very prudent.


In 1959, Fidel Castro, his brother Ra?l and Che Guevara entered Havana.

UdeM: E01185FP11455

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Under the Cuban Sun with Marie-Victorin [Jardin botanique de Montréal]


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