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Home › Articles, Advices & Education › SnipeYesterday › Havana, early ’50s

Havana, early ’50s

by SnipeToday 02/03/2019
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Gonzalo “Old Man” Diaz drinking La Bomba in Havana in the early ‘50’s.
Note a young Carlos Bosch cheering him on

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  • 1950s
  • Cuba
  • Gonzalo Diaz Sr
  • Havana
  • La Bomba
  • Old Man Diaz

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