Young Cubans in Miami

Sarah Garrido and her father Jorge: differing political opinions have caused disagreements

The 1st January 2009 marked the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power, creating a communist state.

For Outlook, Lucy Ash went to Miami and met some of the most dynamic, ambitious people in the city: young Cuban Americans: men and women who were born in America but their parents and grandparents used to live in Cuba.

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So how influential is a Cuban heritage?

See pictures taken during Lucy Ash's trip

Pitbull, the top dog of Cuban hip hop explains how his grandmother once fought alongside Fidel Castro.

Carlos Frias recently traced his family in Cuba for the first time. He unearthed some astonishing secrets and wrote a book about it.

Sarah Garrido slammed the phone down on her dad over who should become America's new president.

And DJ Laz, whose voice gets Miami out of bed in the morning and who chased Cuban people smugglers across the Gulf of Mexico.

Is this new generation changing one of the world's most famous exile communities?