Today In Harlem History Fidel Castro Moved Into The Hotel Theresa (Updated) In 1960, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, in New York to visit the United Nations, angrily checked out of the Shelburne Hotel in a dispute with the management.Continue reading
When Harlem Welcomed Castro And Cubans, NY, 1960 When Cuba’s delegation arrived in New York City in September 1960 to attend the United Nations General Assembly, the Eisenhower administration had already stopped Cuba’s sugar exports to the U.S. Continue reading