Word: azucarera
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sweeping decree on Aug. 6, 1960, Fidel Castro expropriated Cuban enterprises that were wholly or largely owned by U.S. citizens. On that very day, in the port of Santa Maria, a ship was being loaded with sugar that had been produced by one of the expropriated companies, Compania Azucarera de Vertientes-Camaguey de Cuba, otherwise known as C.A.V. That white cargo set off on a four-year cruise through the U.S. courts...
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