Among those people was Lou Walters, manager of New York’s swanky Latin Quarter cabaret and the father of a future journalist named Barbara Walters. “Lou had been to Tropicana several days before,” recalled Ofelia. “He was sitting near us at ringside. He came up to Martín, looking almost annoyed, and said, ‘Listen, Martín, you’ve created a big problem for me. The Latin Quarter’s motto used to be the Most Beautiful Cabaret in the World, but now that I’ve seen Tropicana, we have to change it.’”
