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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Cuban defectors, Pedro Zamora, Mariel boatlift, Rick Sanchez, Eduardo Sebrango, Jose Contreras, Orlando Hernandez, Livan Hernandez, Reinaldo Arenas, Rogelio Alvarez, Antonio Prohias, Delfin Fernandez, Kendrys Morales, Aroldis Chapman, Yuniesky Betancourt, Alexei Ramirez, Alex Castellanos, Danys Baez, Yunesky Maya, Osvaldo Alonso, Raul Valdes, Pedro Medina, Dayan Viciedo, Reinier Alcantara, Juan Miranda, Maykel Galindo, Yadel Marti, Lester More, Yaikel Perez, Fort Chaffee, Rey Angel Martinez, Pedro Faife, Jose Miranda, Yordany Alvarez, Alberto Delgado, Yeniel Bermudez, Ariel Prieto, Elizabeth Caballero, Yendry Diaz, Julio Gonzalez, Yasser Gomez, Rafael del Pino, Adeiny Hechavarria, Leslie Anderson, Rene Lavan, Loanny Cartaya, Osvaldo Fernandez, Jose Iglesias, Noel Arguelles, Mirta Ojito, Alcibiades Hidalgo, Leonys Martin. Excerpt: Pedro Pablo Zamora (born Pedro Pablo Zamora y Diaz, February 29, 1972-November 11, 1994) was a Cuban-American AIDS educator and television personality. Zamora, who was openly gay and publicly discussed being HIV-positive, brought international attention to HIV/AIDS and LGBT issues and prejudices through his appearance on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: San Francisco. U.S. President Bill Clinton credited Zamora with personalizing and humanizing those living with HIV-especially to Latino communities-with his activism, including his testimony before Congress. His romantic relationship with Sean Sasser was also documented on the show with the two getting married on air; their relationship was later nominated by MTV viewers for "Favorite Love Story" award. Zamora's personal struggle with AIDS, and his conflict with housemate David "Puck" Rainey is credited with helping to make The Real World a hit show, for which Time ranked it #7 on their list of 32 Epic Moments in Reality-TV H...