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S2 Bonus 6 - “Neverland”

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The Impact of the Cuban Revolution on the Economy

I left Cuba on April 15 1961 the invasion from April 17 1961 and goes importantly after April 61 there is a period in which no airplanes are leaving Cuba then once the invasion was defeated. How important was the exfiltration of so many Cuban exiles that you know the exit their emigration from the country not just the Peter Pan what affected that have in total on consolidating the base of the Cuban revolution. Well it's interesting because yes you just touched on the two sides to this on the one hand Cuba in the short term lost engineers architects and people who knew the stock market you name it they left the island. But at the same time it created more upward social mobility so that those below

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