“A crucial, fiery account of Puerto Rico and Cuba’s colonial reality." –Mohammed El-Kurd, author of Perfect Victims

Niki and her family packed up their lives and moved to Miami, hoping for a change. The daughter of two working-class immigrants from the Caribbean, she begins searching for belonging in her new home, the USA’s very own tropical paradise. But what unfolds is the entangled story of the Caribbean, the CIA, US intervention, and her own duty from the history she learns.

Grocery store gossip, an abuelo who worked his whole life for Caribe Hilton, trips to Puerto Rico and Cuba, hurricanes, activism, and doxxing. These are the memories that come into focus and reveal how the ghosts of exploitation haunt the lives of those who come from countries ravaged by US intervention. And so Miami’s beautiful façade reveals its cruel face through the machinations of US foreign policy, political pundits, and a long history as a base for CIA interventions in the Caribbean. The shadow of the US is inescapable, and it becomes clear that Cuba and Puerto Rico are las dos alas de un pájaro. Two wings of a bird.

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