(Nieto 32). As Nieto states, “The top capos—Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Santo Trafficante, Amadeo Barletta—owned hotels, casinos, dazzling nightclubs, whorehouses, and popular game arcades. They also owned commercial centers, banks, financial institutions, airlines, radio and television stations, and some newspapers (33). These facts show that not only were the Cuban people not in control of many the commercial interests of their own country, but that those who did own these businesses were corrupt, thus creating a difficult atmosphere for real progress for the Cuban people. The Mafia’s interests, of course, were not to better the situation of the Cuban people, but instead to further their own economic
(Nieto 32). As Nieto states, “The top capos—Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Santo Trafficante, Amadeo Barletta—owned hotels, casinos, dazzling nightclubs, whorehouses, and popular game arcades. They also owned commercial centers, banks, financial institutions, airlines, radio and television stations, and some newspapers (33). These facts show that not only were the Cuban people not in control of many the commercial interests of their own country, but that those who did own these businesses were corrupt, thus creating a difficult atmosphere for real progress for the Cuban people. The Mafia’s interests, of course, were not to better the situation of the Cuban people, but instead to further their own economic