Miami

Just looking at him, elderly Miami resident Pedro C. Alvarez is not the type who would be inclined to take in the scenery on Ocean Drive. It’s not his kind of place.

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There, on famous South Beach, along the row of deco hotels, including the one where they shot the chainsaw scene for “Scarface”, wild-looking babes endurance test the elastic on their overbrimming bikinis.

Coke dealers, or possibly dentists, or maybe they’re porn stars, drive their black Bentley convertibles at stall speed down the main drag. Miami’s a look-at-me place, until you leave its shiny edges.

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  • Cynicised says:

    07:20pm | 07/02/12

    Richard., I suggest the Irish between 1845- 1852 might have disagreed with you in regard to the benefits of laisssez-faire economic policy ala Trevelyan. Read more »

  • James says:

    06:07am | 07/02/12

    I bet he means that it was the “most advanced country in Latin America” for the 5% on the island who owned everything. All of Latin America is changing for the better, Cuba just had a headstart. Read more »

 

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