HAVANA-Axisa and Aron Alfonso, two brothers of 6 and 7 years of age in western Cuba, are more fortunate than most of their classmates: their father takes them on horseback to school, a mile and a half away.Children and teachers who live further away depend on a broken-down yellow school bus from the Soviet era that no longer appears.Often, teachers do not come to class, so the Alfonso family and their horse, Chocolate, turn around and go home.
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HAVANA-Axisa and Aron Alfonso, two brothers of 6 and 7 years of age in western Cuba, are more fortunate than most of their classmates: their father takes them on horseback to school, a mile and a half away.Children and teachers who live further away depend on a broken-down yellow school bus from the Soviet era that no longer appears.Often, teachers do not come to class, so the Alfonso family and their horse, Chocolate, turn around and go home.