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An elderly, frail political prisoner at Colva Prison. Decades ago, Gabriel Olondriz attempted to expose a corrupt politician named Senator Zapanta, but he was imprisoned instead. Raphael, a young boy from the Behala landfill, discovers a letter in the trash from a man named José Angelico addressed to Gabriel Olondriz. Gardo, Raphael’s best friend, visits Olondriz in prison (the day before Olondriz dies) in order to deliver him Angelico’s letter. Olondriz explains that Zapanta pilfered away $30,000,000 of international aid money intended for the poor and that he ruined the lives of countless people with his corrupt greed. Olondriz is heartbroken when he learns from Gardo that his grandson, José Angelico, was killed—but he ultimately dies a happy man because the letter contains a coded message, meaning that José Angelico was able to continue Olondriz’s work and somehow retrieve the money and give it back to the poor.
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Part 3: Chapter 4
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They’re poor. They do many things.
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Part 3: Chapter 5
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What matters is that forty years ago I came upon information that Senator Zapanta had spirited away thirty million dollars of international aid money […] But no schools or hospitals were ever built, and the city stayed poor.
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Part 3: Chapter 7
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I had so much evidence. Unfortunately for me, I was naïve. My office was raided. The same night there was a terrible fire at my house. I was away but both my maid and my driver were killed in it. And every scrap of evidence went up in smoke.
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Part 3: Chapter 10
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I learned perhaps more than any university could ever teach me.
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Part 4: Chapter 4
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Once again, the trash boys were ahead of the trash police.
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Part 4: Chapter 7
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What was ten million dollars doing in your house, sir?
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Gabriel Olondriz Quotes in Trash
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Part 3: Chapter 4
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They’re poor. They do many things.
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Part 3: Chapter 5
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What matters is that forty years ago I came upon information that Senator Zapanta had spirited away thirty million dollars of international aid money […] But no schools or hospitals were ever built, and the city stayed poor.
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Part 3: Chapter 7
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I had so much evidence. Unfortunately for me, I was naïve. My office was raided. The same night there was a terrible fire at my house. I was away but both my maid and my driver were killed in it. And every scrap of evidence went up in smoke.
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Part 3: Chapter 10
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I learned perhaps more than any university could ever teach me.
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Part 4: Chapter 4
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Once again, the trash boys were ahead of the trash police.
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Part 4: Chapter 7
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What was ten million dollars doing in your house, sir?
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