This story appears in the March 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. The master spent his last day of life wrapped in a quilt stitched by his wife, his rasping, irregular breaths filling the ...

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Cuba runs on oil, and the oil is running out. Venezuela was Cuba’s top oil supplier for more than 20 years, accepting services like doctors and government security instead of cash payment for cargoes.

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