By Edward Iwata, USA TODAY

As a boy on the rough streets of Washington Heights, N.Y., 46-year-old Marcos Rodriguez saw his father toil as a hotel waiter to raise his kids. His dad, once a successful Havana businessman, had lost his land to the Cuban regime.

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