Cuban-born sugar barons amass over US$8b fortune by mastering US politics
Alfonso Fanjul Sr's sons have Trump administration's ear as it aims to rewrite Nafta, with protections for US sugar growers and millers firmly baked in
New York
AS Cuban refugees, the Fanjuls have a familiar story to tell. They fled the revolution. Fidel Castro's forces seized everything they owned on the island, business interests, homes, a fortune in fine art. But they didn't arrive in Florida in 1960 empty-handed.
Patriarch Alfonso Fanjul Sr, one of the world's most prosperous sugar barons before Mr Castro came onto the scene, had piled up assets in the United States. Within two years, he'd acquired new refining plants and begun to recreate the Fanjul empire in exile.
Now his two oldest sons are barons themselves, and among the most effective political donors in America. They…
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