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As I get into Mayor Jerry Brown's city-owned black Town Car, he scrambles to move a folded red and black flag on the front seat out of my way. "You know what this is?" he asks as he puts it in the back seat.
"It looks like an original flag from Castro's July 26 movement," I answer.
"You got it," says the Mayor. "It was given to me by Che Guevara's widow one night after I spent eight hours talking to Castro. I'm taking it home from my office to keep it in a safe place." Brown's focus seems to drift inward for a moment. "That was a long time ago," he says quietly as he starts the car and drives out of the City Hall parking lot toward downtown.
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