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Three Cubans describe how they left the island by different routes

Episode three of Descifrando Realidades brings together Yaser, Dayana and Lissette and mentions departure routes, a decision timeline and a per-person cost.

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A documentary shared on YouTube brings together the accounts of three Cubans who left the island by different paths. The material is episode three of the first season of Descifrando Realidades, a project by communicator Nayib Yara. The routes mentioned include the sea and air travel through Nicaragua and Mexico. Leaving Cuba is the common thread, while each account belongs to a personal experience.

The episode runs nearly 45 minutes and gives a voice to Yaser, Dayana and Lissette. Their names place three people at the center of the account alongside a description of different journeys. The available information identifies the routes collectively but does not connect a specific route to each name. The documentary therefore presents migration as a shared subject while preserving the different paths recounted.

One personal detail concerns Yaser: he made the decision within two weeks. That period adds a time measure to his account but does not indicate when those days began or describe the circumstances that led to the decision. The figure can therefore be reported without extending it to Dayana’s and Lissette’s stories.

A cost of $300 per person is also mentioned. The figure is presented individually without specifying what expense it covered, when it was paid or whether it referred to a particular stage of the journey. That economic detail accompanies the narrative but is not enough to reconstruct the full budget of any of the three departures or establish differences among them.

Overall, the episode combines three voices, several departure routes and two concrete references: the timeline attributed to Yaser’s decision and the amount cited per person. The piece is presented as a documentary and runs for about three quarters of an hour. The information describes the format and some elements of the stories without confusing one person’s experience with another’s.

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