Magda Montiel Davis, "Kissing Fidel: A Memoir of Cuban American Terrorism in the United States "
English | ISBN: 1609387260 | 2020 | 264 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
English | ISBN: 1609387260 | 2020 | 264 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
What does it mean to be instantly transformed into the most hated person in your community? After meeting Fidel Castro at a Havana reception in 1994, Cuban-born Magda Montiel Davis, founder of one of the largest immigration law firms in South Florida, soon found out. The reception—attended by hundreds of other Cuban émigrés—was videotaped for historical archives. In a seconds-long clip, Fidel pecks the traditional protocol kiss on Montiel Davis’s cheek as she thanks him for the social benefits conferred upon the Cuban people. The video, however, was mysteriously sold to U.S. reporters and aired incessantly throughout South Florida. Soon the encounter was an international cause célèbre.
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