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A glimmer of hope came with the discovery of some of his old manuscripts from 1928 in the Ritz cellars, which were transformed into ''[[A Moveable Feast]]''. Although some of his energy seemed to be restored, severe drinking problems kept him down. His blood pressure and cholesterol were perilously high, he suffered from aortal inflammation, and his depression, aggravated by the drinking, was worsening.
After the [[Communist]] revolution in Cuba in 1959, most Americans left the place, but Hemingway chose to stay there and, perhaps due to his dislike of the previous regimes, even declared support for the revolutionaries <ref>http://www.ernest.hemingway.com/marywelsh.htm</ref>, wishing Castro "good luck" with running the country. As a result, Hemingway came under surveillance by the [[FBI]] for his residence and activities in Cuba. <ref>http://www.ernest.hemingway.com/cuba.htm</ref>. In 1960, he left Cuba and [[Finca Vigía]], his estate outside [[Havana, Cuba]], that he owned for over twenty years. The official Cuban government account is that it was left to the Cuban government, which has made it into a museum devoted to the author. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/hemingwayadventure/finca.html</ref> This would make the Hemingway property unique among all other US property confiscated at that time. Joel Millman in The Wall Street Journal estimates that that “Castro regime today takes in at least $500,000 a year through the franchise…” <ref>http://www.startupjournal.com/franchising/franchising/20070222-millman.html</ref>. An infrequently discussed story: Hemingway, Ernest 1951 The Shot. True the men’s magazine. April 1951. pp. 25-28 has been long known to define relationships between Castro and Hemingway, very strongly suggests that Hemingway, used an unnamed character as a “Black-face beard” to narrate the 1948 murder of his friend “Manolo” Castro by Fidel Castro <ref>http://hemingway-castro-foes.blogspot.com/</ref>.
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