The Mafia in Havana

by Cirules, Enrique

• ISBN13: 9780980429237
• ISBN10: 0980429234
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Ocean Pr

Summary

Here is a vibrant picture of the Mafia's Caribbean empire when Havana was the playground of the rich and infamous. With a novelistic eye for detail and drama, prizewinning author Enrique Cirules presents a shockingly glamorous and fantastically seedy picture of the world of Sinatra and the showgirls, mambo and marijuana, corrupt cops and politicians, run by shady characters like Lucky Luciano and Meyer Lansky.

Table of Contents

Translator's Note	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Rumba Heaven!	p. 7
The First Mafiosi in Cuba	p. 16
Lucky Luciano and the Cocaine Era	p. 32
Batista's Return	p. 54
The Kefauver Commission and the Decline of Eduardo Chibás	p. 61
At the Service of the Mafia	p. 74
Money Laundering and Front Companies	p. 89
Trade and Economic Strangulation	p. 99
Meyer Lansky	p. 111
Mafia War in Havana	p. 119
The Empire's Last Stand	p. 127
Revolution in Cuba	p. 132
The Luxury Hotels of Havana	p. 147
The Banco Financiero and the Cuban Sugar Industry	p. 155
Notes	p. 165
Bibliography	p. 175
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