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1:44:34
I was working in a pharmacy...
1:44:39
a long time...
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and it went well.
1:44:43
It helped me forget
my obsession with leaving.

1:44:49
There are priorities in life.
1:44:53
I had a daughter.
1:44:58
I had to get ahead and...
1:45:12
I was used to life in Cuba...
1:45:15
but I always hoped
1:45:19
to leave someday.
1:45:31
I was lucky enough
to win "El Bombo".

1:45:37
"El Bombo"
is a raffle of visas...

1:45:40
carried out by
the U.S. government...

1:45:43
that...
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there's an average of...
1:45:48
half a million Cubans
that apply every two years.

1:45:52
Only 20,000 applicants
get their visa.

1:45:58
I was lucky enough
to get the visa...


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