Voices from Mariel by José Manuel García (Paperback Book)

Name: Voices from Mariel by José Manuel García (Paperback Book)
Brand: University Press of Florida

University Press of Florida

The stories of Cuban refugees who journeyed across the straits of Florida in search of a better future\nBetween April and September 1980, more than 125,000 Cuban refugees fled their homeland, seeking freedom from Fidel Castro\u2019s dictatorship. They departed in boats from the port of Mariel and braved the dangerous 90-mile journey across the Straits of Florida. Told in the words of the immigrants themselves, the stories in Voices from Mariel offer an up-close view of this international crisis, the largest overseas mass migration in Latin American history.\nFormer refugees describe what it was like to gather among thousands of dissidents on the grounds of the Peruvian embassy in Cuba where the movement first began. They were abused by the masses who protested them as they made their way to the\n\nVoices from Mariel\nOral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\;