The blurb on the back cover said that the writer had worked for years as a tour guide in Cuba and Africa and that his travels had influenced his writing.

NEWYORKER: Creative Writing

His guide while in Cuba was an official with Cuba's Foreign Service Institute.

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Such sportsmen turn to Samuel Yera, a guide and perhaps the best bass fisherman in Cuba.

FORBES: Magazine Article

K. informing the country that the Cuba Missile Crisis was underway, Bob Schieffer was the ideal elder to guide the final presidential debate.

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