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Papi crouching beside a toddler on the beach, waves behind them.

AL ROJO

Papi (far left) with fellow cadets at the Escuela de Cadetes 'General Antonio Maceo,' posed by the monument.
Papi's certificate for his internationalist military service in Ethiopia, signed by Fidel Castro, 1979 — the origin of the name 'Rojo' behind the wall graffiti 'AL ROJO VIVO.'
Papi's wedding day.
A young Papi.
Outside an art school in Guanabacoa with his daughter Daniela, 2015.
Papi's mother.
A photo of Danny that Papi kept close.
Veterans in Playa Girón, 2017.
Visiting my house in Cojímar, 2017.
With Daniela's daughter, his granddaughter Tania, 2017.
An afternoon in Guanabacoa, 2017.
Out with Daniela and the kids, 2017.
Greeting a neighbor in Guanabacoa, 2017.
Papi posing with his guitar for the camera, 2016.
Papi playing guitar on the floor — an everyday scene, 2016.
Papi's birthday party, at a relative's house, 2018.
Daniela as a little girl, with her close friend Manolo.
Papi’s refrigerator, covered in photos — and a welcome sign for Shoko, Cupie, and Danny.
Inside Papi's house — my photo was there too, 2016.
Sai Baba, the Indian guru, somehow in Papi's house, 2016.
Holding my CD up to the TV screen — not sure why, 2017.
He wanted to try Japanese sake, a souvenir from Japan, 2017.
Papi always cooked for us, 2015.
Papi's cooking — congrí that day, 2016.
Papi cooking for a friend visiting from New York, 2015.
Papi's cooking, 2016.
Happily talking on the phone with his daughter in Miami, 2018.
Jessi, who lives near me in Cojímar, invited Papi over, 2018.
Papi's birthday — his daughter Daniela on his lap, singing together, 2018.
On the phone with Danny, the brother he'd never met — though the line wasn't really connected, 2015.
Papi's ration book, with photos of Danny and Danny's mother, 2015.
Papi and Cupie Danny, wearing the white shirt Danny sent him, 2016.
About to see me off to the airport, 2015.
At José Martí International Airport, 2015.
Daniela and her son Erik, 2016.
Papi and me, in Luisito's living room in Cojímar, 2018.
At the home of Papi's close friend Carida, by the sea in Guanabo, 2015.
Walking through Guanabacoa, 2017.
Erik and Papi, at the beach in Guanabo, 2015.
Erik, scared — it was his first time at the beach, 2015.
Papi appearing on a radio show in Havana, 2017.
On the way back from the radio show, Papi stopped to listen to music on Obispo Street, 2017.
Papi's house — AL ROJO VIVO.
Out to buy supplies needed for a Santería ceremony, 2017.
At Daniela's house, holding his granddaughter Tania, 2017.
A Santería priest in Guanabacoa, 2017.
The Guanabacoa museum, where Santería history is on display — Guanabacoa is that kind of place, 2015.
Papi cooking the first meal he ever made for us. He always seemed happy shaping the rice into its mold, 2015.