Uncle Johnny explained that before he came over from Cuba, he’d helped Castro come up with a plan to help his buddy, Pinochet.  Apparently, the Bush Babies had begun to cause problems in the smaller villages outlying the forests along Chile’s southern interior.  They were biting villagers, not just Amazonian tribes.  There was an increasing panic at the The Bush Babies had begun to migrate, “it was the result of too much logging,” Johnny said.  It’s similar to what’s been happening in South Texas, the bugs, and creepy crawlies, coming into to houses, making our homes theirs.   My plan, it’s what allowed me a safe passage over.  My dad sent me the money, after I handed Castro my plan, and I never looked back. 

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