David Ariosto does an excellent job describing life in modern day Cuba and the difficult transition the country continues to undergo after the death of Fidel Castro and the stepping down of Raul Castro. Ariosto gives a very insightful account into the way Latin American politics work as well as the mechanics of everyday life in Cuba.. He details the aggrieved relationship between the U.S. and Cuba which as existed for the last 60 years. His many interviews with the Cuban people really gives one an understanding of how difficult life is there.