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Bola de Nieve's homosexuality was a secret
to no one in Havana, just like Portocarrero's
But the subject was taboo, and the double
standard was clear; these gay artists, as they
were not yet called at the time, enjoved
impunity even while a sinister TV actor
carried out gay-bashing raids in the Vedado
, and while the regime created veritable
concentration camps, the UMAPs, to
"reeducate" the maricones. Fidel himself
put an end to that sad story, encouraging
the traditional notion of the great leader and his
evil advisors. "If Fidel only knew..." Other
times he knew, and nothing changed