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Havana Heartbreak

It's amazing what multiple illegal trips to Cuba will do to a man

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AJ Benza
Dec 08, 2025
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Hemingway knew.

Big Papa wasn’t the first guy to hop a flight to Havana and drink his mojito at La Bodeguita del Medio and his daiquiri at El Floridita, but he was smart enough to know there was something different about the Caribbean sweet spot 90 miles south of Key West. Maybe it was as simple as Cuba being the perfect spot for a man to write. Pull up …

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