MAXIMO ALVAREZ, REFUGEE FROM COMMUNIST CUBA:; “BUT THE COUNTRY I WAS BORN IN IS GONE, TOTALLY DESTROYED. WHEN I WATCH THE NEWS IN SEATTLE, IN CHICAGO, PORTLAND AND OTHER CITIES, WHEN I SEE THE HISTORY BEING REWRITTEN, WHEN I HEAR THE PROMISES, I HEAR ECHOES OF THE FORMER LIFE I NEVER WANTED TO HEAR AGAIN. I SEE SHADOWS I THOUGHT I HAD OUTRUN.”
