Friday, December 4, 2009

Pez gordo

A twelve-hour overnight wait, a huge hit on their line at dawn, a half-hour fight, and a 1.6 meter, 50-pound sailfish to bring home.

Juventud Rebelde tells the story of two Cienfuegos fishermen, Elio Alberto Fuentes y Carlos Ivan Molina, last Saturday night.

[Juventud Rebelde photo.]

7 comments:

  1. phil, correct your post. that is not a swordfish, it is a sailfish. the sail-like dorsal fin indicates so. the sword has no such sail.

    pez aguja (needle) is a sail, pez espada (sword) is a swordfish.

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  2. Charming. How long before the authorities confiscated "state property"?

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  3. Sorry to ruin your little human interest story Peters (did you rush to re-read Hemingway and lose yourself in your fantasy of a Cuba that no longer exists?) but indeed the local commissars enjoyed seafood steaks while these two were tossed a pittance for their catch.

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  5. the haters continue to spew vile from Miami.. Just look at these comments.

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  6. Hi, does this blog have an email address? I cant find it. Thank you.

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