Cuba will have casinos again like in the 50s

American president Barack Obama has just announced that it will ease restrictions on visits to Cuba, the second time that the travel rules imposed on Americans by President Pdte have been relaxed. George W. Bush.

And it is that tourist visas are still difficult, but it will be much easier for students and teachers, religious groups and journalists to request permission to visit Cuba. It had already made it easier for Cuban-Americans to travel to see their relatives on the island.

Although the State Department takes the position that tourists cannot legally travel to Cuba, many US citizens spend any money once they set foot on the island.

But that law will have to be changed. Because Cuba will have casinos in the next 10 years. Or, more exactly, Cuba will once again have casinos. Because during the 1950s the island, less than 100 miles from Florida, was one of the top game and tourist destinations in the world.

It began in the 1920s, when Havana assumed a role later adopted by Las Vegas: a vacation spot where Americans could party in ways not allowed in the country. But it was not the game as much as it was the alcohol.

The United States was in the midst of the disastrous experience known as Prohibition, which also created modern organized crime. Cuba flourished with nightclubs, brothels, and casinos.

World War II was a small interruption. Then the party was reborn. Havana became so notorious that in 1950 a Broadway musical, "Guys and Dolls," could be built around its reputation.

The truth is that throughout the 1950s, American and Cuban Mafia families opened luxurious casino hotels, each larger and more successful than the last. Until the Cuban Revolution and canceled these games.


A comment, leave yours

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with *

*

*

  1.   Aureliano Buedia said

    Hello Pedro. And in which part of Cuba do you think the casinos will open. In my opinion, mostly in Havana and its surroundings; and also in places such as Playas del Este de la Habana (Tropicoco, Guanabo, etc). which are 30 minutes by car from the city center. What do you think?