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    Cnn's Portnoy Brimmer traveled to the pueblo of Mayaguez in Puerto Rico in 2015. He and his guide, Jose, said nothing as they drove through the pitch-black night. The road suddenly became bright with lights: stop lights, headlights, billboards.

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    Cnn's Portnoy Brimmer traveled to the pueblo of Mayaguez in Puerto Rico in 2015. He and his guide, Jose, said nothing as they drove through the pitch-black night. The road suddenly became bright with lights: stop lights, headlights, billboards.

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    Cnn's Portnoy Brimmer traveled to the pueblo of Mayaguez in Puerto Rico in 2015. He and his guide, Jose, said nothing as they drove through the pitch-black night. The road suddenly became bright with lights: stop lights, headlights, billboards.

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    PortnoyBrimmer1

    WeSaidNothing
    Theroadwasdark.Toodark.Typically,itwasunevenlypavedandboobytrappedwith
    holes,crowdedinbymangotreesand
    meaitos,
    overlynarrow,andguardedbyzinc,wooden,
    andcementhouses.Butthenightwasunusuallypitchblack.

    Wedroveonslowly.Jossquinted,carefullymaneuveringthesteeringwheel,whileI

    lookedoutthecarwindowintoobscurity.ItwasDecemberinPuertoRico,aseasonknownfor
    itswarmthandvivacity,but2015wasadifferentyear.
    Ourbreathingandthehummingmotorofthecarfilleduptheemptyspacethatwafted
    amongandbetweenus.Silenceseemedtobetheonlyresponsewecouldmusteruptothe
    unsettlinglyunlitnight,sowesaidnothing.
    Houseafterhouseafterhousesubtlyrolledby,theirpresencealmostunnoticeable.
    HomesIrememberedseeinglitupeveryChristmasforaslongasIhadlivedinMiraderowere
    overcast,themoononlyservingtohighlighttheloomingdarkness.
    TheheavysilencewasshatteredJosturnedontheradio,landingonanAMstation.

    ComocomentabaconDvila,elgobernadorindicqueladeudaesimpagable,pero
    resultaqueunabuenapartedelpueblonorecibisusreintegrosnilosbonosdeNavidad
    I
    rammedmyfingeragainsttheoffbutton,silencesettlingbackintoplace.
    Joslookedatmeandthenbackatthedarkandtwistingroad.Still,wesaidnothing.He
    reachedoutformyhandandgentlysqueezedit.
    Myforeheadwaspressedagainstthecarwindowallthroughoutourdescentfromthe
    mountainsof
    elbarrio
    Miraderoto
    elpueblo
    ofMayagez.Mypupilsremaineddilatedtheentire
    waydown.Wesaidnothing.

    PortnoyBrimmer2
    Wefinallyhitthemainroad,findingourselvesdowntown.Theradiocommentators
    wordsstillechoedinourunbreakablesilence.Andafterourpreviousperiodofobscurity,the
    roadsuddenlybecamebrightwithlights:stoplights,headlights,billboards,fastfood
    establishments,lamppostsButevenwithallofthefluorescentflashingandgaslightglow,
    everythingstillseemeddark.Andstill,wesaidnothing.

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