# Alex Fraga

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Podcast: [Vital Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622)
Published: 2026-03-25T15:51:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wets.org/podcast/vital-voices/2026-03-26/alex-fraga
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s374/audio/2026/03/vitalvoicespodcastepisode130.mp3
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Duration seconds: 1080

## Resource

With recent reports of power blackouts in Cuba, we revisit an interview we did last year with Alex Fraga, owner of Hemingway's Cuba in Asheville, North Carolina. His father, the late Tony Fraga, was forced to flee Cuba because of the policies of dictator Fidel Castro.

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