St. Louis, Missouri relies heavily on its manufacturing, trade transportation of goods and tourism industries, but more and more the metropolis has grown to rely on its burgeoning Latino population, which offers the city labor and entrepreneurial spirit.
Washington D.C. will see the doors of the Cuban embassy open for the first time in several decades, signaling a new era for Cuban-American relations. Nonetheless, the town, once termed "Chocolate City," has long been the stomping ground for motivated Hispanics/Latinos, from Cuba and beyond, searching for nothing more than opportunities in business,politics, economics and education.