Point taken Mark. However, it was during the Batista reign that tourism was on the rise and hotels and casinos were built. The building of these hotels and casinos were funded by the mob, through Meyer Lansky. So something tells me that if Batista had continued to govern...or perhaps a more appropriate word is rule...Cuba, Lansky and his "investors" would not have allowed the nation to decline to the point where it would have affected the success of the mob's business ventures in Cuba.

I personally believe that like Las Vegas, over time, Cuba would have become a mecca for both vacationers and gamblers.