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Havana mob hotel Capri reopens after renovation

By Peter Orsi
Published February 15, 2014 5:02am ET
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Havana mob hotel Capri reopens after renovation
The hotel Capri is illuminated at dawn in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014. Havana's hedonistic mob-and-movie-star days came to an end with Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, and the hotel drifted into a long, slow decline. But now the Capri is back in business after being closed more than a decade ago. Its rebirth is part of Cuba's latest bid to trade on its colorful pre-Communist past and attract tourist dollars to fund its socialist present. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes) | Franklin Reyes

HAVANA (AP) — In its heyday, Havana’s Capri hotel and casino was the playground of men known as The Blade and The Fat Butcher.

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