While Fidel Castro underwent surgery for abdominal bleeding, Cuban-Americans celebrated. With his current hold on power in question and the eventual end of his long term rule of Cuba(47 years currently) ensured by biology, the world ponders and plans for a post-Castro Cuba.

Although there is an embargo on trade between the US and Cuba, some US businesses are starting to contemplate what markets may open up in the Cuba of the future. The possibility of normalizing trade relations has investors speculating.

Fidel Castro has temporarily set his brother Raul in his stead. If Raul succeeds his brother, there will still be a Castro government in Cuba and it would remain illegal and therefore impossible to trade with Cuba. Additionally, any future government, with or without a Castro, would probably not meet the rest of the conditions necessary for the US trade embargo to be lifted.

Still, the only thing certain about the future is that things will change. And so, the American Cuban community continues to dream.