Sekudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 selokhu kwaqala ukudumazeka uMario Conde emhlabeni wethulwa ku-"Past Perfect". Yinto enhle le ngamaqhawe ephepha, angavuka njalo emlotheni ajabule thina esizivumela ukuthi sithathelwe izindlela zawo ezingajwayelekile. Akusadingeki ukuba babe amaqhawe, nje abasindile abavela ohlangothini olungenabungane lomhlaba. Yilokho kanye isiphetho sikaMario Conde de ULeonardo Padura.
I-Havana, 2016. Isenzakalo esiyingqopha-mlando sinyakazisa iCuba: ukuvakasha kuka-Barack Obama kulokho okuye kwabizwa ngokuthi "i-Cuban Thaw" ―ukuvakasha okusemthethweni kokuqala kukamongameli wase-US kusukela ngo-1928―, kuhambisana nemicimbi efana nekhonsathi ye-Rolling Stones kanye ne-Chanel. umbukiso wemfashini uguqule isigqi sesiqhingi sibheke phansi.
Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, lapho owayengumholi kahulumeni waseCuba etholakala ebulewe efulethini lakhe, amaphoyisa, ekhungethwe ukuvakasha kukamongameli, aphendukela kuMario Conde ukuze abambe iqhaza ophenyweni. U-Count uzothola ukuthi umufi wayenezitha eziningi, ngoba esikhathini esidlule wayeke wasebenza njengombhali ukuze abaculi bangaphambuki eziqubulweni zeRevolution, nokuthi wayeyindoda edelelekile futhi enonya eyayiqede imisebenzi. yabaculi abaningi ababengafuni ukukhothamela ukuqolwa kwakhe. Uma kutholwa isidumbu sesibili, esibulawe ngendlela efanayo ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, uConde kumele athole ukuthi laba bantu ababili abashonile bahlobene yini nokuthi yini ebangela lokhu kubulala.
Ukwengezwa kuleso sakhiwo indaba eyabhalwa umlingiswa oyinhloko, eyamiswa ekhulwini leminyaka ngaphambili, lapho iHavana yayiyiNice yaseCaribbean futhi abantu babephila becabanga ngoshintsho oluseduze olwaluzokhiqizwa iComet kaHalley. Icala lokubulala labesifazane ababili e-Old Havana lembula impi evulekile phakathi kwendoda enamandla, u-Alberto Yarini, ocwengiwe futhi ovela emndenini omuhle, inkosi yamabhizinisi okugembula nokuthengisa ngomzimba, kanye nembangi yakhe uLotot, umFulentshi, ophikisana nokuvelela. Ukuthuthukiswa kwalezi zenzakalo zomlando kuzoxhunyaniswa nomlando wamanje ngendlela engasoli ngisho uMario Conde.
