The question of race — however hidden, however camouflaged by the shouts of the crowds — is a constant theme and an unanswered challenge.

Juan Pedro Torriente
Juan Pedro Torriente is a Black Cuban writer, playwright, filmmaker, and actor living in Madrid. His plays have been presented in the National Theater of Cuba and abroad. He has been a news editor for Univisión in Chicago and a columnist at Exito, The Chicago Tribune’s Spanish-language edition. He is currently at work on a novel entitled Embers of the Cold War.