NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cuban exiles

The term "Cuban exile" usually refers to the large exodus of Cubans since the 1959 Cuban Revolution and in particular the wave of Cuban American refugees to the U.S. during the years 1960 and 1979, who sought greater political and economic freedom. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Cuban-American is an immigrant to the United States from Cuba. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

The majority of the more than 1 million Cuban exiles living in the United States live in and around the city of Miami. This article is about the city in Florida. ...

Most Cuban exiles in the United States are both legally and self-described political refugees. This status allows them different treatment under US Immigration statutes than other status. Power lines leading to a trash dump hover just overhead in El Carpio, a Nicaraguan refugee camp in Costa Rica Under international law, a refugee is a person who is outside his/her country of nationality or habitual residence; has a well-founded fear of persecution because of his/her...

Waves of Exiles

The exiles came in three discernable waves.

The first wave occurred after the Cuban revolution of 1959 led by Fidel Castro. For more information on this current event, see 2006 Cuban transfer of presidential duties. ...

A second wave began in 1961 amid the nationalisation of educational institutions, hospitals, private land, and industrial facilities. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Nationalization is the act of taking assets into state ownership. ...

A third wave, sometimes referred to as a second wave as well, of exiles arrived in 1980 during the Mariel Boatlift during a brief period the Cuban government permitted dissidents, convicts and the poor to leave the island via boat. More than 125,000 political refugees reached the United States despite Coast Guard attempts to stem the movement shortly before the Cuban governement ended the boatlift. Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel Boatlift crisis. ... Coast Guard Seal The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a military branch of the United States involved in maritime law, mariner assistance, and search and rescue, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere. ...

The Florida Newspaper Project (1185 words)
	Exile literature is usually identified as individual phenomenon, and few scholarly investigations pursue the phenomena of popular literature within exile communities.
	Exile newspapers, although not independently discussed in the research on the broader topic of exile literature, have many of the same characteristics and profound role in the life of an exile community.
	The Cuban exile newspaper collection at the Universitry of Miami is an excellent example of the role these important materials have in keeping a sense of shared community and culture within the exile population.

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cuban exile (531 words)
	The term "Cuban exile" usually refers to the large exodus of Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's communist state since the 1959 Cuban Revolution and in particular the wave of Cuban American refugees to the U.S. during the years 1960 and 1979, who sought greater political and economic freedom.
	Exile newspapers, although not independently discussed in the research on the broader topic of exile literature, have many of the same characteristics and profound role in the life of an exile community.
	The Cuban exile newspaper collection at the Universitry of Miami is an excellent example of the role these important materials have in keeping a sense of shared community and culture within the exile population.

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