![]() ![]() But more than that, it was hearing of the Cuban Revolution: its audacity and its inventiveness. Somewhere in the attic of my memory, I remember first seeing the iconic image of Che Guevara, and feeling the immense power in his Christlike revolutionary look. The third country, Cuba, had a different place in my consciousness. These names, and their pictures from the newspapers and an early issue of Sportstar, adorned my room. ![]() The following year, Argentina sizzled at the World Cup, from Leopoldo Luque’s volley against France in the first match to Mario Kempes’s goal in the final. I would hear of Argentina and Brazil every few years, when the soccer World Cup came around. In my childhood, Latin America had only three countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. ![]()
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