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Havana hot spot still dazzles after 70 years_

Capitalizing on the nightclub's past international fame, Cuba now runs a more family-friendly version of the Tropicana at an entrance fee of about $80 per head, a price nearly four times the monthly state salary of most Cubans.

Varela said the club drew 200,000 tourists in 2008, but the global economic crisis squeezed tourism in 2009 and made it "a very hard year for us."