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How Fidel Castro Shaped South Florida

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Part of the City of Miami's skyline is seen in September 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Part of the City of Miami's skyline is seen in September 2016. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Fidel Castro's death will no doubt spark a robust debate about what Cuba would be like today if he had never come to power in 1959.

But here's another important question: What would Miami be today without Castro and the thousands of exiles his communist revolution drove to South Florida? Tim Padgett (@TimPadgett2) from Here & Now contributor WLRN in Miami has more.

This segment aired on November 28, 2016.

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