Cuban Heritage Collection Oral History Project: Bernardo Benes
More than 125,000 refugees arrived from the Port of Mariel in Cuba after Fidel Castro opened the gates. Most of the refugees settled in South Florida. The Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) of the University of Miami Libraries possesses many holdings about the boatlift that can help students, scholars, and members of the community gain insight into this unprecedented event. Explore the Cuban Heritage Collection’s Mariel boatlift materials. Books, documents, photos, and video interviews comprise part of the collection on the flotilla that crossed the Straits of Florida in 1980 and had a remarkable impact on South Florida. For more, visit https://news.miami.edu/stories/2020/04/explore-the-cuban-heritage-collections-mariel-boatlift-materials.html.
More than 125,000 refugees arrived from the Port of Mariel in Cuba after Fidel Castro opened the gates. Most of the refugees settled in South Florida. The Cuban Heritage Collection (CHC) of the University of Miami Libraries possesses many holdings about the boatlift that can help students, scholars, and members of the community gain insight into this unprecedented event. Explore the Cuban Heritage Collection’s Mariel boatlift materials. Books, documents, photos, and video interviews comprise part of the collection on the flotilla that crossed the Straits of Florida in 1980 and had a remarkable impact on South Florida. For more, visit https://news.miami.edu/stories/2020/04/explore-the-cuban-heritage-collections-mariel-boatlift-materials.html.