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Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista president, and dictator who twice ruled Cuba (1933 – 44, 1952 – 59) suspended the 1940 constitution and Congress, canceled the elections, and dissolved all political parties.

It was a corrupt and brutal dictatorship that set the stage for his overthrow by Fidel Castro on Jan. 1, 1959.

FIDEL CASTRO

The Cuban Memorial displayed at Tamiami Park, Miami, Florida: Each cross bears the name of a victim of Castro's genocide against the Cuban

Comparing Castro ‘s ways for tourist and for Cubans

Look at how many public buses were available back then. Now, Cubans refer to buses as "aspirins, because you can only take one every 6 hours

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The camel

Tourists at Beaches in Varadero, enjoying the paradise that Castro has built for them

Cuban rafters trying to leave the MESS that Castro has created for

them

Elian Gonzalez

Elian leaving the hospital after being rescued on Thanksgiving day 1999

Elian and his mom, Elizabeth Broton, before their ill fated boat trip to Florida

Elian with major league pitcher Orlando 'El Duque' Hernandez. Wouldn't that be another nice memory from his Miami days?

Elian in Miami playing with other children

Police sent by Janet Reno, pointing an automatic weapon at Elian to make him go back to Cuba

Elian has now become the dictator's pet. He shows him to his foreign friends as if Elian was a trophy

He is forced to salute

and forced to read speeches written by Castro himself

April 5, 2010 - Ten years after

                             Arroz con Pollo

Cuban sandwich

Restaurant EL ALJIBE Havana Miramar

A French restaurant El Abanico de Cristal

Buffet at hotels for tourists

Cuban’s food in the refrigerators

                   

The Ration Book or Libreta

The block's rationed-food stores ("No potatoes today," a smiling young woman said. "Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day"). Everyone had a little ration book, listing how many grams of what each person could buy. It allowed one roll of bread per person per day. "You get chicken maybe four times a year," a man said, "but certainly twice.”

Grocery store for tourist

Empty Bodegas for Cubans

Hotels for Tourist

Hotels for Cubans

Hospitals for Cubans

Health center for tourist

Beaches for tourist

Beaches

for Cubans

Where Tourist Shop

Where Cubans shop

1953

Tienda "Flogar"

Hotel’s pools

What Cuban kids use for a pool

While Tourist Children playing….

Cuban children are been taughthow to use a rifle to defend the country

Cuban children and their parents, sleeping outside their homes trying to escape from the heat, because there is no electricity to power fans or air conditioners. Castro blames the lack of oil for the continued interruptions in the electric power systems. 

But how can that be possible when his puppet , Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, sends more than 90,000 barrels of oil daily at incredibly low prices? The answer is that Castro resells most of the oil that he receives from Chavez, instead of using it to benefit the Cuban people.

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Pictures of Pioneers

The Cuban Capitol is just like the U.S. Capitol

Cuba announced on Monday, 9/14/10 it would lay off "at least" half a million state workers over the next six months, allowing them to start their own businesses or work for private companies.AP on Sept.14th said Cuba's communist leaders have already determined what workers should do, detailing a plan for them to raise rabbits, paint buildings, make bricks, collect garbage , pilot ferriesBelow are some pictures of “businesses” there now

These pictures are from the Associated Press

Havana Ballet Festival

Havana Ballet Festival

Carnival time in Havana

Cuba officially became an atheist nation in 1962.

Christmas holiday was celebrated until 1969, it was stopped by Fidel Castro when he decided it was interfering with the sugar harvest. 

Christmas is being celebrated as a holiday in Cuba again for the past 3 years.