———. “Ginger Rogers, en persona, super-estrella en su gran revista,” December 1957.
———. “George Raft estrella absoluta en la gran revista de Abril,” April 1958.
Skylar, Richard. “Cuba’s Lure-Legalised Filth!’” Suppressed, Vol. 4, No. 1, February 1957.
Stag, Vol. 1, No. 5. “Sin—With a Rumba Beat!” November 1950.
St. George, Andrew. “Cuban Rebels (Interview with Fidel Castro).” Look, April 3, 1958.
Stratton, Richard. “The Man Who Killed Dutch Schultz.” GQ, September 2001.
Striparama, Vol. 2, No. 2, “Cutie from Cuba…Carmela,” 1962.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Castro Calls Head of U.S. Diplomatic Mission in Havana a “Little Gangster,’” December 23, 2006.
Tampa Times. “Trafficante Feels the Heat,” June 12, 1959.
———. “Trafficante Ouster May Be Postponed,” June 12, 1959.
———. “Trafficante Still Awaits Hearing on Deportation,” June 15, 1959.
Tampa Tribune. “Zarate Bolita Case to Be Called Today Before Third Judge,” August 4, 1947.
———. “Deputies Pick Up Trafficante and Bodyguard ‘On Sight,’” January 23, 1954.
———. “George Zarate, Ex-Racketeer, Dies in Cuba,” August 25, 1955.
———. “Cuba Will Deport Trafficante on US Narcotics Request,” June 11, 1959.
Time. “Caribbean Tyranny,” May 13, 1935.
———. “Lese Majeste,” May 27, 1935.
———. “Senator from Daytona,” April 12, 1948.
———. “A Game of Casino,” January 20, 1958.
———. “High Wind in Havana,” February 3, 1958.
———. “Death on the Malecón,” March 10, 1958.
———. “The Mob Is Back,” March 2, 1959.
Velie, Lester. “Suckers in Paradise: How Americans Lose Their Shirts in Caribbean Gambling Joints.” Saturday Evening Post, March 28, 1953.
Wald, Richard C. “Mafia Link in Death of Anastasia?” New York Herald Tribune, October 28, 1957.
Whitney, Robert. “The Architect of the Cuban State: Fulgencio Batista and Populism in Cuba, 1937–1940.” Journal of Latin American Studies, 2000.
DOCUMENTARIES AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS
American Experience: Fidel Castro. PBS documentary. Directed by Adriana Bosch, 2004.
Cuban Story. Documentary. Presented by Errol Flynn. 1959. DVD. Chatsworth, CA: Image Entertainment, 2002.
Face the Nation. CBS Television. Interview with Fidel Castro, January 24, 1959.
La Habana en los años 50s. DVD. Directed by Waldo Fernández. Produced by Marakka 2000.
The Jack Paar Show. NBC Television. Interview with Fidel Castro, January 13, 1959.
La mafia en La Habana. Documentary. Directed by Ana Diez. Produced by Marakka 2000.
O.G.: Joe Stassi, Original Gangster. Documentary. Directed by Marc Levin and Richard Stratton.
Person to Person. Edward R. Murrow interview with Fidel Castro, February 2, 1959.
The Steve Allen Show. NBC Television. Live from the Hotel Riviera, January 16, 1958.
The Story of Cuba’s Jungle Fighters. CBS Television documentary, August 1957.
INSTITUTIONS
Essential research in the form of law enforcement documents, transcripts, criminal files, magazine and newspaper archives, documentary films, old television programs, and photographs were culled from the following institutions: U.S. National Archives in Washington, D.C., which house files from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN) and also files of the Kefauver Committee hearings and those of the 1978 House Select Committee on Assassinations; Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana; Hotel Nacional, historical archive, Havana; Museo de la Revolucíon, Havana; University of Miami Library (Cuban Heritage Collection); Tampa Tribune photo archive; New York City Municipal Archives; New York Public Library (Newspaper Division); Museum of Television and Radio, New York City.
FBI FILES
Using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), FBI documents were gathered on the following individuals: Albert Anastasia, Meyer Lansky, Frank Sinatra, Santo Trafficante, and George Raft.
Searchable Terms
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Aadland, Beverly, 240
Adonis, Joe, 37, 75, 197
Aerovías Q, 106
Afra, Tybee, 213, 249
Afro-Cuban culture and music, 146, 148–49, 179–80, 213, 239, 242–44, 245, 256
Air Force, Cuban, 276
Alegría de Pío, 175–77
Aleman, José, 284
Allen, Steve, 248–49
Almendares Tigers, 227
Alo, Vincent “Jimmy Blue Eyes,” 77, 104
Alpha 66, 324
Ambar Motors, 101, 169
Ambos Mundos Hotel, 240
Anastasia, Albert, xv, 32, 82, 189–98, 224, 226–27, 228, 229–36, 263
Anastasio, Anthony “Tough Tony,” 190–91, 235
Anastasio, Umberto, 191
see also Anastasia, Albert
Anslinger, Harry J., 34, 35, 43–44, 46, 47–48, 72, 76
Apalachin, Mafia convention at, 235–38, 263
Arbentosa, 176
Armando Jaime. see Casielles, Armando Jaime
Armónicos, Los, 152
Army, Cuban, xviii, 61–62, 68, 103, 112, 113, 122, 175, 177, 202, 255, 277, 286, 292, 294, 308
Army, U.S., 25, 193, 309
Arnaz, Desi, 243
Arrowhead Inn, 91
Astor Hotel, 23
Auténtico Party, 87, 103, 107
automobiles, American, 153, 203
Bahamas, 286–87, 319, 320
Bajo las Estrellas, 180
Bakir, SS (freighter), 50
Ball, Lucille, 243
bananas, 59, 60
see also United Fruit Company
Banco Atlántico, 100, 130–31
Banco de Créditos e Inversiones, 101, 129–30
Banco Nacional de Cuba (BNC), 130–31
BANDES (Banco de Desarrollo Económico y Social), 131–32, 168, 269, 289, 290–91
banks, crooked, 129–31
Barbara, Joseph, 235
Bárbaro del Ritmo, El, 179, 180
see also Moré, Beny
Barletta, Amadeo Barletta, 100–101, 130, 131, 164, 169
Barletta, Amadeo Jr., 130
Batista, Marta, 65–66, 142, 172, 268
Aleman and, 284
banks and, 131, 132
Blanco Rico and, 166–67
bribes to, 15, 16, 32, 55, 58–59, 66
brother-in-law of, 164, 256
bulimia of, 293
on casinos, 98, 99, 156, 164–65, 172
Castro and, 71, 121, 163, 173, 175, 176, 178, 186, 198, 200, 220, 221, 222–23, 254, 259, 260, 261, 265, 266, 274, 311, 324, 325
censorship by, 63, 110, 123, 141, 177, 200, 201, 234, 292, 305
on Communist Party, 139–40, 162
on contradanza, 246
coup d’état (golpe) by, xvii, 86–91, 110, 121, 130, 139, 140, 141, 147
Cuban Revolution and, 203, 277–78, 292, 293–97, 303
departure and exile of, 300, 301, 302, 307, 309, 318, 325, 329
Diario de la Marina on, 95
early years of, 59–60, 115, 116
elections of, 139–42
Freeport Sulphur Company and, 275–76
Godfather Part II on, 31
on Hilton Hotel, 227, 268
Hotel Law (Ley Hotelera) 2074 and, 132–33
Hotel Nacional and, 127
Lansky and, 20, 58–59, 60–61, 74, 75, 82, 92, 96, 100, 129, 164, 184, 198, 265–67, 285, 316
Life magazine on, 264–65
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p; Luciano and, 72
Mannarino brothers and, 109
on Martí, 110–11
Masferrer and, 103, 307–8
Mendoza and, 227
mistress of, 110
Moncada attack and, 113, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125
on the Monte Carlo, 291, 292
narcotics and, 49, 209
political prisoners given amnesty by, 156, 157, 162
on prostitution, 101
Rothman and, 284
on Sans Souci nightclub, 109
second wife of, 65–66, 142, 172, 268
secret police of, xvii, xix, 31, 44, 102, 123, 126, 162, 181–82, 203, 216, 223, 258, 268, 274, 287
son of, 217
Stassi Jr. and, 283, 312
strong-arm tactics of, xvi–xvii, 67, 103, 261
Trujillo and, 280
U.S. government and, 210, 265, 268, 275–76, 286, 294, 295–96
Varon and, 266
Batistianos, exodus of, 306
Battisti y Lora, Amletto, 101–2, 109, 129–30, 131, 132, 164, 209, 235, 252–53, 305
Bauza, Mario, 245
Bay of Pigs Invasion, 321, 322, 326
Beau James, 13
see also Walker, Jimmy bebop, 245
Belot oil refinery, 259
Bergman, Edgar, 249
Beverly Club, 80
Beverly Credit Service, 94
Big Bankroll, 187
see also Rothstein, Arnold “the Brain”
Bischoff, William “Lefty Clark,” 77, 188
see also Clark, Lefty blackjack, 97, 171, 177–78
Blanco Rico, Manuel, 166, 180
bloqueo, el, xx
(BNC) Banco Nacional de Cuba, 130–31
Bodeguita del Medio, La, 241
Bogotazo, 119–20
Bohemia magazine, 88, 113, 162
bolita, 64, 105–6, 107, 108, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 143–45, 154, 170, 205, 206, 207
boycott, student, 259
Brando, Marlon, 239, 242–43
Brito, Yolanda, 298, 299, 300
Bruno, Anthony, 298
Bubbles Darlene, 213–14, 296
Buchalter, Louis “Lepke,” 192
Bugs and Meyer Gang, 35
Bureau of Narcotics, U.S., 7, 43–44, 102
Cabaña fortress, La, 309, 315
see also Fortaleza de San Carlos de la Cabaña
Cabaret magazine, 211, 213, 214, 218
Calle, La, 162
Camp Columbia, 88, 90, 172, 308
Campoamor, Fernando, 241
Campoamor Theater, 213
Capone, Alphonse “Big Al,” 11, 26, 27, 46, 243, 244, 292
Capone, Ralph, 42
Cappy, 227
see also Coppola, Anthony “Cappy”
Capri Hotel, 133, 188, 205, 224, 240, 241–42, 269, 279, 287, 300, 303–4, 312, 313, 319
Carbo, Frankie, 143
Caribe, El, 269
Carmen (Lansky’s mistress), 250–52, 281, 298, 299, 300, 315
Carreras, Clemente “Sungo,” 45–46, 239
Carteles magazine, 239
Caruso, Enrico, 11
Casa Marina, 33, 215
see also Doña Marina’s
Casielles, Armando Jaime, 183–86, 189, 224, 225, 234, 250–53, 266, 278, 279–82, 289–90, 298, 299, 300–301, 302, 306, 307, 315, 316
Casino Popular, 150
see also Tropicana Hotel
Castellammarese War, 14, 27
Castiglia, Francesco, 19
see also Costello, Frank
Castro, Fidel, 69–71, 114–26
assassination plots against, 70, 321–25
Batista and, xviii, 64, 90–91, 156–57, 165, 186, 198, 220, 221, 222–23, 265, 266, 274, 311, 325
on Blanco Rico attack, 167
on capitalist exploitation, xx on Cuban nightlife, 161
Flynn and, 240
Greene and, 239
hostages released by, 276–77
jipijapa of, 165
later years of, 328–30
Masferrer and, 102
in Mexico City, 163, 165–66
New York Times on, 198–201
revolution of, xviii–xix, 111–12, 140, 161–64, 253, 254–61, 276, 283–84, 319, 329
Rothman and, 284–85
takeover by, 303, 306–7, 308–12, 315, 317, 321
on Trafficante, 313
26th of July movement of, 173–77, 178–79, 220–21
in the United States, 163
U.S. public opinion on, 265
wife of, 157, 163
Castro, Fidelito, 163
Castro, Raúl, 112, 156, 163, 173–77, 259, 275, 276, 285, 314–15, 329
Catholic Church, 291, 295
CBS, 222
“Cejudo, El,” 128
see also Lansky, Jake
Cellini, Eddie, 170, 171, 187
Cellini, Giardino “Dino,” 170–71, 187, 312, 313, 319, 324
Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. (CIA), 285–86, 321–23, 330
cha-cha-chá, xx, 161, 213, 243
Chandler’s restaurant, 227, 229, 232
Charley the Blade, 319
see also Tourine, Charles “The Blade”
Chaviano, Olga, 152, 212
Chester, Edmund, 66
CIA (Central Intelligence Agency, U.S., 285–86, 321–23, 330
Cienfuegos, Camilo, 255
Cienfuegos, siege at, 223
Cirules, Enrique, 106
Clark, Lefty, 188, 203, 319
see also Bischoff, William “Lefty Clark”
Clark, Robert, 79
Clark, Walter, 78–79, 80
Clark, Wilbur, 127, 154, 187, 270, 279, 319
Club Bohème, 56, 73, 261
Club Parisién, 154, 155, 156
cocaine, 7, 34, 102, 106–7, 206, 207, 208–9, 239–40
coffee, 130, 240
Cojimar, 241
Cole, Nat “King,” 155
Colonial Inn, 9, 19, 49, 56, 57, 67, 79, 286
Colorado, El, 141
Coloso, El, 59
see also United Fruit Company
Columbia Restaurant, 137, 232
Commission, the, 6, 15, 19, 20–21, 34, 76, 190, 194, 231, 236
see also Syndicate, the
Communist Party, 87, 102, 139–40, 162
Comodoro Hotel, 109, 205, 206, 211, 217, 224, 319
Compañía Editorial El Mundo, 130
Compañía Hotelera de Monte Carlo, La, 290
Compañía Hotelera Riviera de Cuba, La, 168, 317
Comstock Prison, 5, 24, 25
Conexión cubana, La (Saenz Rovner), 209
Confidencial de Cuba, 234–35
Congress, U.S., congressional hearings, 286, 287–88, 311–12, 314–15, 323
constitution, Cuban, 64–65
contradanza, 246
Copacabana Hotel, 224
Coppola, Anthony “Cappy,” 197, 227, 232
Coppola, Francis Ford, 30
Coronet magazine, 255–56
Costello, Frank, 19, 26, 32, 35, 44, 48, 75, 80, 82, 84–85, 87, 236, 237–38
Costello, Lou, 249
Cotton Club, 244
craps, 93, 145, 171
Cruz, Celia, 243
Cuba: Pursuit of Freedom (Thomas), 89
Cuba libre, 12
Cubano Libre, El, 254, 256
Cuban People’s Party, 68
Cuban Rebel Girls (TV documentary), 240
Cuba Project, 322–23
cubolo, 93–94
see also razzle-dazzle
cubop, 244, 245
Cugat, Xavier, 243
curfews, 141
Daily Mirror, 231
Daily News, 231, 309
Dalitz, Moe, 32, 104, 127, 270
Dan, Uri, 37
Dandridge, Dorothy, 155
Dannemora Prison, 5, 7, 24
danza de los millones, la (Dance of the Millions), 12, 140
danzón, 245–46
Deauville Hotel,
109, 133, 205, 206, 224, 305, 312, 319
Delta Airlines, 153
Dempsey, Jack, 44
Depression. see Great Depression
Desert Inn, 187
Devine, Irving “Niggy,” 219–20
Dewey, Thomas E. “Tom,” 5, 17–18, 25, 48
Diario de la Marina, 95, 179, 203, 292
di Costanzo, Nicholas “The Fat Butcher,” 188
DiMaggio, Joe, 227
Directorio Revolucionario, 162, 166, 201–2, 254, 259, 260
dog racing, 107
Dominican Goodrich Tire, 280, 282
Dominican Republic, 278–82, 286, 296, 300, 320, 324, 325, 327
Doña Marina’s, 239
see also Casa Marina
Dorado, El, 207
Dorsey, Tommy, 40
Duck Soup (movie), 243
Duke Ellington Orchestra, 244
Dulzaides, Felipe, 152
Duncan, Cynthia Schwartz, 328
see also Schwartz, Cynthia
Echevarría, José Antonio, 162, 202–3
Echevarría, Silvano “El Chori,” 239
Eisenberg, Dennis, 37
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 139, 291, 295, 321
Ejército Rebelde, 222
Eleuterio Pedrazo, José, 64
Elk’s Lodge No. 708, 134
Ellington, Duke, 244
embargo, U.S., xx, 47–49, 318, 329
embassy, U.S., in Havana, 94–95, 309, 322
Esquire magazine, 135, 240
Esso Standard Oil, 259
exhibiciones, las, 272, 274
exiles, anti-Castro Cuban, 105, 165, 283, 321, 326, 329
Facio, Marcial, 103
Fangio, Juan Manuel, 256–58, 260
Fantasia Mexicana (show), 155
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) on Anastasia, 197
on Barletta, 101
on the Cellini brothers, 170
in denial of U.S. crime syndicate, 76, 237
on the Ferri murders, 196
on German sabateurs during WW II, 24, 25
on Kennedy, 210
on Lansky, 327–28
on Masferrer, 324–25
on McWillie, 287
on orgy at the Hotel Nacional, 42
on Raft, 241
Federación Estudiantil Universitaria (FEU), 119
Feo, Armando, 45
Fernández Miranda, Marta, 65–66
Fernández Miranda, Roberto, 164, 256, 258, 264, 302
Ferri, Charles, 196
Fiesta, La, 207
Fiorini, Frank, 310
see also Sturgis, Frank
Fischetti, Charles, 37, 40, 42
Fischetti, Rocco, 37, 40, 42
Fisher, Eddie, 40, 242
Fitzgerald, Ella, 155
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 54
Flamingo Hotel, 36, 37, 81, 168, 183, 184