Operation Peter Pan
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Operation Peter Pan was a politicized exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban minors ages 6 to 18 to the United States over a two-year span from 1960 to 1962. They were sent by parents who feared th
Cuban children waiting in line to emigrate.
Cuban literacy campaign
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The Cuban literacy campaign was an eight-month long effort to abolish illiteracy in Cuba after the Cuban Revolution.
Operation Peter Pan
…Part of the Golden exile Cuban children waiting in line to emigrate. Date 1960–1962 Location Cuba Cause Education in Cuba Closing of private schools Cuban literacy campaign Studies in the Soviet Union Youth camps Opposition to Fidel Castro Outcome 14,000 unaccompanied minors arrive in the United States Operation Peter Pan…
Young literacy brigadista in Cuba.
Cuban man being educated in a hospital in 1969 that was built during the literacy campaign.