CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY AND POET JOSE MARTI DIED ON MAY 19, 1895, FIGHTING IN CUBA'S WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN. SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH EMILIO CUETO (eh-MEE-leo ku-EH-toh), A CUBAN-AMERICAN WASHINGTON ATTORNEY, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND POET, WHO READS TO US, IN ENGLISH, MARTI'S POEM EL BUEN PEDRO (THE GOOD PEDRO), AND JESUS BARQUET (heh-SOOS bar-KEHT), A CUBAN POET WHO TEACHES SPANISH AT NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO READS TO US, IN SPANISH, MARTI'S POEM DOS PATRIAS (TWO MOTHERLANDS). THEY TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOSE MARTI'S WORK.
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