y. I would have two lives, one as a normal nine-to-five worker, and another as a radical fighter. The fist job I acquired was for Shell Oil as a representative in Central Cuba. Being a Shell worker disguised me to the Cuban police. They did not look at me as a threat because I worked for an American Company. As the years past, I moved up the ladder in Shell until, right before our revolution took power, I finally became an executive.
I never really admitted to my parents that I was a revolutionary leader, but my mother always had inkling of my secret life. She was always worried about my clandestine life underground, and she used to weep when I left on certain business for the revolution. My mother always wanted me to focus on my job in Shell and live a normal life with my wife and children. However, my father was oblivious to my involvement in Fidel's and Che Guereva revolutionary movement in the 1950's. He did not have a clue until I finally confessed to them when the revolution succeeded. When my father finally found out, he was very supportive, and he wanted to be a part of the new government. He became one of my assistants when I was assigned to an office in the new Cuban government.
Organizing an underground revolution may be the most difficult obstacle to overcome when trying to overthrow a certain government. I had the hard task of being the leader of communication in the cen
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