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most im$ortant *irtuoso inno*ator of flamenco after thegreat aco de -ucia.

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nearer, e*erybody soon understood what they weredealing with. Gerardo Nez along with his family andmany others on the beach loo!ed into the gaunt faces of'frican refugees. 2"hey were $eo$le, who had left theirsub+&aharan home countries in search of ha$$iness and abetter life. /uro$e was something li!e /l orado for them,3Gerardo Nez says and sha!es his head. 2) wassur$rised how hel$ful my fellow &$aniards were. "heyimmediately attended to the 'fricans and e*en hel$edthem to hide or flee. )f the $olice had found them, theywould ha*e been sent bac! to their home countrieswithout delay.3

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