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is a Cuban and Mexican-American attorney who lives in Pacific Beach.
Cuba in the 1950s was one of the most prosperous countries in Latin America. It had a thriving economy and successful populace. The burgeoning middle class cultivated passion within young Cubans to flourish in their chosen profession, celebrate their art, share emerging ideas freely and advance in society.
My grandparents were the generation that drove the island’s prosperity. Grandpa Joaquin Otero was the treasurer of General Motors in Latin America and started the first natural gas plant in Havana with his brother-in-law, Santiago. Grandma Diana Linares Otero was a journalist. They had a charming romance; Joaquin saw Diana at her brother’s hardware store and thought to himself, “I am going to marry her.” He was captivating, she was classy, and they fell in love with each other’s intelligence and ambition. They eventually married and had my aunt, Maria, and my father, Joaquin Jr., and were excited for w
Marta Bianchini knows Cuban food is more than mojo chicken and empanadas.
The flavors her restaurant Cubanitas bring to Milwaukee are rooted in hard work and the entrepreneurial spirit of her people.
Like other Cuban-Americans in the U.S., Bianchini is watching with unease as people in communist-run Cuba protest in the streets for the first time in decades.
The protests on the island come after years of economic distress that have left many without basic needs, such as food, water and power all of which have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Wisconsin is home to approximately 1,000 people of Cuban descent. On Sunday afternoon, several dozen people gathered at Mitchell Park for a rally in solidarity with those protesting in the streets on the island 1,600 miles from Wisconsin.