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Originally Posted by Richard
Doubt if it would take too long for the lads from Jersey and Vegas to reestablish themselves down there. 
And so it goes... 
Richard's $.02  |
Actually Cuba was run by the Trafficante family based out of Tampa and New Orleands.
Back in 1995 or 6 Florida Trend magazine ran an article about how Cuba had already been sold by the Cuban expats to pretty much the same guys that created the climate that allowed the revolution to happen in the first place.
Big Sugar, CocaCola, Trafficante Family.... will it ever happen. When Cuba is finaly opened up, I doubt it. Times have changed far to much in the Caribean basin and politics is vastly different from 1995 to now..
My guess is that it would be Latin or Russian gangs that would attempt to get in, they seem to have more control and more power at the moment.
Dozer, there is no signup list. I would not be surprised if Mel Martinez'; hand was not in this lastest reupping 'for a yr' of the embargo. He authored the 2004 executive order that effectively shut down us boaters from going around the embargo via using a foriegn national to pay our fees at the marinas and such. My understanding is that he will be retiring after his current term is over. I only pray that is so. I have never felt he served in the best interests of the State of Fla.. he is prime interests is to server the Cuban-American community, not the rest of us gringos. <----personal opinion based on opinion.