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... In Cuba, the link between tourism and prostitution is perhaps more direct than in any other country. ...
(ECPAT International research papers: Child Prostitution and Sex tourism 1996)
Prior to the revolution, Cuba hosted the biggest names of the Mafia, America was a primary source of income and most visitors found themselves living out a fantasy. the island had a world-wide reputation for gambling, drugs, prostitution, pornographic films and live sex shows. ... an exotic getaway that catered to the whims of Americans (Aberhard, D et al, Insight Guide, Cuba). ... He made it one of his chief ambitions to eradicate prostitution in Cuba, within two years prostitution was wiped out. ...
Cuba is one of communisms greatest success stories. ... However, as the strains of globalisation have grown, the West has once more begun to have a direct affect on life in Cuba. Cuban sex workers are a culturally, politically and economically identifiable group.
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