“We’re bigger than US Steel”
wow, is Michael wearing weejuns?
You are right .....they were a problem, an underlying cause of the Cuban revolution lead by Castro.
"The idea was to create a criminal empire outside the United States where they had influence over local politics but could not be affected by U.S. law enforcement. They were exploring doing the same thing in the Dominican Republic and countries in South America. It was a grandiose dream. But the gangsters of that era, like Lansky, Luciano, and Santo Trafficante, saw themselves as CEOs of corporations, operating at an international level."
The revolutions of Latin America simply substituted a communist totalitarian society for the Mafia totalitarian fascist system.
No repeat please. Cuba needs freedom.
Photo: Tourists and Cubans gamble at the casino in the Hotel Nacional in Havana, 1957. Meyer Lansky, who led the U.S. mob’s exploitation of Cuba in the 1950s, set up a famous meeting of crime bosses at the hotel in 1946.
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Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution
A big part of a transition of Cuba to freedom would be keeping the MAfia families from returning to Cuba.Rubio would have his work cut out for him.No problem, we have a Navy Base in Cuba at Guantanamo Bay that Obama wanted to close so the Castro revolution would have be complete.
The music is worth it:
Cuban Music Mix 🎶 Son Cubano, Cha Cha & Latin Jazz | Havana Love Songs Café Cubano | La Clave )