The Empire Cuba Built Before 1959 In 1958, Havana's Vedado district functioned as the Manhattan of the Caribbean with high-rise penthouses, neon-lit boulevards, and air conditioning before most of Europe had access to it, while Cuba maintained the highest standard of living in Latin America with more cinema seats than New York City and more Cadillacs per capita than any other city on earth. The Cuban Peso traded one-to-one with the U.S. Dollar with no exchange rates or black markets, just pure s
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Bay of Pigs Prisoners Were Ransomed for 53 Million After the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in April 1961, Fidel Castro held over 1,100 captured members of Brigade 2506 in Cuban prisons for 20 months. He put them on trial, forced confessions on television, and used them as propaganda tools. Castro then set a ransom of 62 million dollars, later negotiated down to 53 million in food, medicine, and baby supplies. Cuban exile families in Miami scrambled to raise the money while the US government quietl
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Che Guevara: Doctor, Killer, Icon Che Guevara's transformation from Argentine doctor to Castro's executioner to global icon represents one of history's most complex revolutionary figures. After 1959, he ran La Cabaña fortress where firing squads operated daily, openly stating that judicial proof wasn't necessary for executions. Yet he differed from typical power-seekers by choosing poverty, rejecting wealth, and abandoning his ministerial position to fight in foreign wars for ideological beliefs
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What Happened to Camilo Cienfuegos in Cuba 1959 Camilo Cienfuegos remains one of Cuba's most enigmatic figures. This revolutionary commander's October 1959 disappearance continues sparking debate across generations. The tension between official narratives of a tragic accident and the lived experience of Cubans reveals a deeper story. Why do Cubans throw flowers into the sea instead of demanding answers? Camilo's arrest of Huber Matos days before his vanishing reveals the cost of loyalty in a rev
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