Havana in the 1950's

A voyage to Havana (1950-1962)
Havana in the 1950’s has been compared to Las Vegas during that particular era but, this is not an accurate portrail of that city. While Las Vegas was a small desert city with a history of less than 60 years of existence and about 60,000 inhabitants at the time, concentrating in casino gaming and entertainment, Havana, was a large, vibrant cosmopolitan city with more than 400 years of history, close to 2,000,000 inhabitants in its metropolitan area, boasting countless grand historical castles and buildings, well planned urban sites, cultural centres, exclusive shopping, home to many Spanish noble aristocratic families, a very large upper and middle class, an extent working middle class, one of the largest foreign communities in the Americas and of course, as in any metropolis, a poor class but even Fidel Castro himself had to admit at one point that, in fact, there were poor people in Cuba but not widespread misery, his concern was more about distribution of wealth and alleged abuses of power and wealth, although his vision turned in to something else at the end.
Havana had more in common with cities like NY or the old European capitals than Las Vegas, sure there were several elegant and exclusive casinos in Havana to which Las Vegas and even Europe turned for inspiration but, there was also an immense cultural world, grand museums, enormous historical theatres which attracted the best performers from the classical music world and an opera season which rivalled the Met in NYC. One of the best ballet companies in the world, at one point it was called the philharmonic capital of the Americas due to the fine Cuban philharmonic and symphony orchestras, it was the communications mecca in Latin America. Havana was nicknamed the Paris of the Caribbean for good reason but, this magnificent city with its tropical setting was so much more.
It still is in many ways….
Enjoy the visit….
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