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CUBA. See Actual Size See Full Size. 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.

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CUBA

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  1. CUBA

  2. See Actual Size See Full Size Fulgencio Batista

  3. 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.

  4. FIDEL CASTRO

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

  6. Comparing Castro ‘s ways for tourist and for Cubans

  7. 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

  8. " The camel

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

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

  11. THOUSANDS FLED THEIR HOMELAND FOR THE US, OFTEN ON DANGEROUS MAKESHIFT RAFTS.

  12. 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

  13. 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

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

  15. and forced to read speeches written by Castro himself He is forced to salute April 5, 2010 - Ten years after

  16. Arroz con Pollo Cuban sandwich

  17. Restaurant EL ALJIBE Havana Miramar El Abanico de Cristal A French restaurant

  18. Buffet at hotels for tourists

  19. Cuban’s food in the refrigerators

  20. The Ration Book or Libreta

  21. 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.”

  22. Grocery store for tourist

  23. Empty Bodegas for Cubans

  24. Hotels for Tourist

  25. Hotels for Cubans

  26. Hospitals for Cubans

  27. Health center for tourist

  28. Beaches for tourist

  29. Beaches for Cubans

  30. Where Tourist Shop

  31. Where Cubans shop

  32. 1953

  33. Hotel’s pools

  34. What Cuban kids use for a pool

  35. While Tourist Children playing…. Cuban children are been taught how to use a rifle to defend the country

  36. 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.

  37. www.therealcuba.com/FreeEducation.htm - Pictures of Pioneers

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

  39. 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 ferries Below are some pictures of “businesses” there now

  40. These pictures are from the Associated Press

  41. Havana Ballet Festival Havana Ballet Festival

  42. Carnival time in Havana

  43. 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.

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