Thursday, August 18, 2011

"Cuba, Castro, and the Life of a Florida Farmer."



"My dad was a farmer in Cuba. He started out as an actual worker. And over the years, he ended up owning his own farm. I think he ended up with having 60 or 70 people that actually worked for him. He was the owner of the farm. They had everything from cows, vegetables; everything you can think of. The farm was probably one of the largest ones in Cuba.

As things got better, he was very successful. Had probably the best food that existed in our country. Everything was good. Then, Castro came in and promised everything in the world. Within two years, Cuba became communist. All my dad’s stores were taken away. All the farms were taken away, they took everything."