Cuban Mafia - The Biggest Racket on the Island

Under the surface, underneath this no shiny image of havana as the las vegus of the arabian there was a country of people who were underfed, overworked, exploited, treated like dirt. A speech given in 19 53 does a good job of summing up the lives of ordinary cubans. 85 % of the small farmers in cuba pay rent and live under constant threat of being evicted from the land they till. More than half of our most productive land is in the hands of foreigners. The little rural school houses are attended by a mere half of the school aged children. 90% of the children in the countryside are consumed by parasites which filter through their bare