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Originally Posted by raceron1120
My wife's grandparents used to cruise to Cuba in the 40s and early 50s. He took a lot of pictures and some videos, it was quite the resort spot back in those days and with all sorts of American iron on the streets. It'd be interesting to do some "then and now" comparisons of the areas they visited.
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My Dad's side of the family is mostly Cubans who immigrated in the late 1800's/early 1900's, but I also have relatives all over Florida who escaped in 1959/60. They're pretty old now (Cubans seem to live a long time) and they have stories of what Cuba was like before Castro and what it was like right after he took over. The guy who was El Presidente BC (Before Castro), Bautista, was a crook and in the pocket of the Mob and nobody liked him at the time but they look back on him now almost fondly.