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Barba Roja and the American Dancer

Manuel Piñeiro Losada, left, with Che Guevara, right
Shakespeare knew the lure of a good story about young love crossing the divide between warring factions. Fortunately, this tale of a dancer from Preston, Connecticut, who falls in love with a Cuban revolutionary doesn't have the tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet. Still, it is just as fascinating ~ and even more incredible, in that it's true (story, video): http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/03/18/469634824/dance-dance-revolution-when-an-american-fell-in-love-with-castros-spy-chief

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