highly enough of Naz Latina, of Carlos's constant help "(I'm paid half- time but do more than a full-
time job", Carlos sighs) and of England. He now has an English
boyfriend and intends to stay and learn English. Now he helps out with
Naz's stalls and is involved in the increasing Latin input into the Notting
Hill Carnival.
"I like it here," he declares. "This country is amazing,
full of opportunity. Only the weather is terrible."
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His companion, Victor, has a very different story. In his 40s,
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Victor comes from the richer but more conservative country of Chile. He has only been
here two years. He speaks very little English and originally came on
a holiday with his wife and three children.
"I am gay," he says simply, "but was forced to marry 20
years ago by my parents. I was their only son. I led a closet gay life."
In one of those awful triple-whammies that often attend the late-diagnosed,
he fell ill on holiday and was diagnosed both with HIV and the cancer
lymphoma. This involved the revelation of
his sexuality, too. His wife divorced him - yet the
