The memoir was well received upon its publication in 2007 . Several have endorsed the book including , Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper , Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior Ken Salazar , and former President Bill Clinton . Vidal has spoken to many media outlets about '' Boxing for Cuba '' and has most recently been interviewed about the connection between his escape from Cuba via the Pedro Pan Project and the initiative to bring Haitian orphans to the United States after the 2010 Haiti earthquake in January
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