What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?

What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro? #634453 02/12/12 11:14 AM 02/12/12 11:14 AM
Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 18,238 The Ravenite Social Club Don Cardi OP Caporegime
Don Cardi OP Caporegime Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 18,238 The Ravenite Social Club	On December 31, 1958 Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista raised a New Year's Eve toast to his cabinet members and senior military officers and wished them hasta la vista. After seven years of building Havana's tourism industry by inviting gangsters such as Meyer Lansky to construct casinos, helping to fund their enterprises and taking a large chunk of the proceeds for himself, Batista knew his presidency was over. His plundering had weakened Cuba's treasury and demoralized the army. Nine days later, Fidel Castro's guerrillas took the capital and installed what would become the longest-lasting communist government in the Western Hemisphere. I've always wondered what would have happened if Batista had retained power over Cuba. Would it have re-shaped or re-defined mob history and the effects that it may have had on America? Any thoughts? Don Cardi Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.

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What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Don Cardi	02/12/12 03:14 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Mark	02/12/12 03:25 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Don Cardi	02/12/12 03:36 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Sonny_Black	02/12/12 10:44 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Mark	02/12/12 03:48 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Don Cardi	02/12/12 04:20 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Skinny_Vinny	02/12/12 04:20 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Mark	02/12/12 06:08 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Dwalin2011	02/12/12 07:57 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	pizzaboy	02/12/12 07:59 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Ivan	02/14/12 11:57 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Five_Felonies	02/12/12 08:01 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Sonny_Black	02/12/12 10:39 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Lilo	02/12/12 11:41 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Jimmy_Two_Times	02/14/12 02:55 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Sonny_Black	02/14/12 05:30 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	pizzaboy	02/14/12 05:37 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Sonny_Black	02/14/12 06:02 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	ScottD	02/14/12 06:45 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	pizzaboy	02/14/12 06:48 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Don Cardi	02/19/12 04:45 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Turnbull	02/19/12 05:47 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Sonny_Black	02/19/12 10:15 PM
Re: What If Batista Had Not Been Overthrown By Castro?	Turnbull	02/20/12 03:13 AM

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