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struggle4progress

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3. The hotels that made Cuba a gangster's paradise

Reply to rollin74 (Original post)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 05:49 PM

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By Camilo Smith,
Houston Chronicle
Updated Dec 14, 2015 10:10 a.m.

... Reports have come out that Meyer Lansky's grandson is looking for compensation for the Havana Riviera hotel, which was seized during the Cuban Revolution in 1959, according to an article from EFE ...

https://www.chron.com/news/us-world/article/A-look-back-at-the-hotels-that-made-Cuba-a-6695680.php

Won't someone think of the poor gangsters?

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Supreme Court says Exxon can sue Cuba over $1B in seized property [View all] rollin74 Tuesday OP

Our courts... 2naSalit Tuesday #1

Then why shouldn't Native Americans get money for what the non-Native Americans took from them, raccoon Tuesday #2

The hotels that made Cuba a gangster's paradise struggle4progress Tuesday #3

OK Timewas Tuesday #4

I've been wondering why Cuba would even acknowledge the suit. ananda Tuesday #5