Cuban post-revolution exodus
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The Cuban post-revolution exodus is the decades long continuous emigration of Cubans from the island of Cuba that has occurred since the conclusion of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Throughout the exod
Refugees entering boats at the port of Camarioca
Members of the Antonio Maceo Brigade posing with Fidel Castro
Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel boatlift crisis
Cuban refugees leaving Guantanamo Bay naval base in the aftermath of the Cuban rafter crisis
Freedom Flights
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Freedom Flights transported Cubans to Miami twice daily, five times per week from 1965 to 1973. Its budget was about $12 million and it brought an estimated 300,000 refugees, making it the "largest ai
President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Immigration Act of 1965.
Cuban militia-men help refugees onto a boat in Camarioca, Cuba.
The Mejias family arriving in Miami from a Freedom Flight, 1966.
Busy waiting room of Cuban refugees in the Freedom Tower.