Suffered if the western hemisphere fidel casss stroes cuba. In the days after he seized power this air base has been crucial to keeping an eye on what is happening in cuba. In 1962 when Nuclear Missiles were discovered though island, hundreds of aircraft launched from this southern most tip of america as the United States and soviet union teetered on the brink of war. Come with us as we take you inside the confrontation with communist cuba. In the 19950s from the tropicana to the Hotel Nacional for americans in search of paradise no place held more allure than the cuban capital. Havana was a booming city. Is and was a beautiful city. The trekter of the institute for cuban and cuban american studies at the university of miami. Nightclubs, gambling, beautiful beaches. All of those things that tourists like. The 750 mile long island boasts 307 sunny days a year. Cubans love their island homeland. I was born in havana but my family lives in a small town outside of havana. As a young girl,