Cuban artists had worldwide influence-- in spite of Fidel

Star-Ledger: "They say that on the same day Fidel Castro finally entered the government palace in Havana, while many of his troops were still celebrating in the heart of the Habana Vieja (the old city), he and Che Guevara decided to play a round of golf at the elite Havana Country Club, just behind El Malecón (the sea wall) right along the downtown harbor."