Cuba favored violent revolution while the Soviets believed in a slower, ideological conversion.

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But, under pressure from key European allies, Bush appears poised to continue blocking suits by U.S. citizens against those who have benefited from property seized by Cuba following the 1959 revolution.

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Flo-Sun is still owned by the Fanjuls, sugar barons in Cuba until Castro's revolution.

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