On January 1, 1959, President Fulgencio Baptista fled Cuba, ousted by the guerrilla campaign of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Six weeks later, Castro was sworn in as “Prime Minister.” In response to this Communist victory at the height of the Cold War, the United States initiated massive airlifts of Cuban children to Miami, placing them with relatives or sometimes housing t (...)
October 07, 2011
Books
Lost Boy
Learning to Die in MiamiConfessions of a Refugee BoyCarlos EireFree Press, $26, 320 pp.
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