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Mirta Ojito was one teenager among more than a hundred thousand fellow refugees who traveled to Miami during the unprecedented events of the Mariel boatlift. Growing up, Ojito was eager to fit in and join Castro’s Young Pioneers, but as she grew older and began to understand the darker side of the Cuban revolution, she and her family began to aspire to a safer, happier life. When Castro opened Cuba’s borders for those who wanted to leave, her family was more than ready to go: they had been waiting for the opportunity for twenty years.

A lo largo del siglo XVII, los jesuitas fundaron numerosas misiones en la selva paraguaya para evangelizar y civilizar a los indios guaraníes. Estos pueblos, habitados exclusivamente por nativos, prosperaron de tal manera que despertaron el recelo de las autoridades coloniales españolas. No había pruebas, pero se decía que los misioneros habían descubierto una mina de oro en lo más profundo de la selva, que explotaban con la ayuda de los indios.