Who is Virgilio Morales? What is the author telling the reader when she writes, "No matter what Mamá said later, she was at first very taken with Virgilio Morales"?

Virgilio Morales was a communist.

The writer means that mama now do not like Virgilio because he is a communist.

Explanation:

"In the Time of Butterflies" is a historical fiction written by Julia Alvarez.

In the novel, character Virgilio Morales was a thin and tall man who wears the wire-rimmed glasses. He is also known by another name as Lio in the novel.

Lio was a communist and also participated and was the leader of the revolution. He was bold in speaking out publicly against the government.

When Mama got to know that Lio was a communist she started disliking him.