Justice probes allegations that border patrol abused cuban. Based on our more than 15 years of experience in cuba, we believe that we can contribute to the development of vulnerable areas and offer capacity, support and expertise as the country updates its social and economic models. Posttraumatic stress disorder among cuban children and adolescents after release from a refugee camp. Cuba relations are creating a surge of cuban migrants. Catala deutsch espanol francais italiano portugues edit links. This is a political forum that is nonbiasednonpartisan and treats every persons position on topics equally. Balseros rafters, from the spanish balsa raft is the name given to the persons who emigrate illegally in self constructed or precarious vessels from cuba to neighboring states including the bahamas, the cayman islands and, most commonly, the united states. Aug 30, 2014 in 1994, lizbet martinez, along with her parents and 10 other people, were among more than 30,000 cubans rescued by the u. Summary to facilitate its full integration into the world communityand thus the world economythe cuban government is trying to. Rafters desperate journeys reshaped the exile experience rafters helped open entry door exiles rafts vanishing sad child finds joy, opportunities in u. The rafters walked up the beach, kissing and hugging each other while others cried over the journey that had began long ago. A multimedia exploration of the cuban rafter crisis of 1994, produced by the university of miami libraries.
Rent balseros 2002 starring guillermo armas and rafael cano on dvd and bluray. Since our founding in 1973, the heritage foundation has been working to advance the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom. Imagine an event that had the ability to change cuban immigration policy in the united states within a matter of months. In 1994, lizbet martinez, along with her parents and 10 other people, were among more than 30,000 cubans rescued by the u. From cuba to freedom on gods mercy and carlos bosch and jose maria domenechs new documentary balseros cuban rafters are much grander humanist statements because they give a particularly human face to the horror of two separate cuban refugee debacles. Rafters at sea video welcome to the cuban rafter phenomenon. Bill clinton, fidel castro, guillermo armas, maria celeste arraras, oscar del valle, rafael cano. Guantanamo has a history, by miguel perez creators syndicate. Nov 20, 2015 chronicle of a cuban rafter on foot part 3 overland immigrants cross the border between mexico and the united states this is the third and final part of the testimony of a cuban who has made the dangerous trip from guatemala to the united state. Cuba february 2002 trip report birding the americas trip. Soaring numbers of cubans are attempting to reach the unites states via its land border with mexico, fearing that the detente between havana and washington may soon end special privileges for cuban migrants claiming residency in america. Currently the site focuses on those who precipitated and participated in one specific sea exodus the raft crisis of 1994. Repeat of 1994 balesro cuba rafter crisis less likely. Generally, cuban rafters intercepted at sea are returned to cuba under the wet footdry foot policy.
Shot entirely in cuba, captivating visuals and locations, cubanfire quickly and intimately familiarizes its audience with the emotional power. Attorney general janet reno on friday ordered a justice department investigation into allegations that u. Mar 27, 2016 that usually allows them to stay in the united states and apply for permanent residence after more than a year in the country under the cuban adjustment act. This unique feature film explores the rich history and global influences of the cuban music through rousing live performances by worldrenowned contemporary cuban artists as well as moving interviews and rare historic footage. Support the guardian available for everyone, funded by readers. Yet for the people eastern cuba, who live far from havanas beaches where cuban rafters escape and sail for the florida keys, guantanamo has been a gateway to freedom. For the past 10 years, congress and the white house have been at odds over u. He hopes the volume will assist cuban families who may eventually enquire about their relatives fates. Be sure to check out the complete list of whats streaming this november on sundance now. The story of cuban refugees who risked their lives in homemade rafts to reach the united states, and what life is like for those who succeed. Then, as most of the rafters were picked up by the u.
Cuban rafter phenomenon university of miami libraries. Chronicle of a cuban rafter on foot part 3 translating cuba. Time for consensus on cuba the heritage foundation. Miami magazine winter 2014 by university of miami issuu. Naval base at guantanamo bay, cuba, after attempting to reach the united states on rafts and other make shift vessels. Cuban rafters filming their own arrival to the florida keys 21 people. Cuban child in a guantanamo bay refugee camp, 1994 from august 1994 to february 1996, over 30,000 cubans were detained at the u. In the summer of 1994, a team of public television reporters filmed and interviewed seven cubans a few days before their risky venture of setting out. Few people on his island, not even its dissidents, ever lost the habit of referring to him simply as. An ambitious and wellrealized documentary about seven cuban dreamers who risked their lives aboard homemade rafts to make it to america to forge a new. With guillermo armas, maria celeste arraras, rafael cano, fidel castro. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. Special treatment of cuban immigrants to the united states since 1959 seemed to end abruptly in may 1995 as a result of migration accords between the us and cuba following the rafter crisis of 1994.
Cuban rafters filming their own arrival to the florida. Department of sociology and anthropology vertical campus, room b4260, baruch college, city university of new york. This happened on july 25, 20 during a trip to the cayman islands. Video of cuban rafters reaching us soil goes viral. The small island was completely dominated by us imperialism until the revolution of 1959 shattered the batista dictatorship and introduced a nationalised planned economy in the years following the revolution. Rafters is a 2002 catalan documentary codirected by carles bosch and josep maria domenech about cubans leaving during the periodo especial as a consequence of the widespread poverty that came with the end of economic support from the former ussr, 37,191 cubans left cuba in 1994, unimpeded by the cuban government, using anything they could find or build to get to. A revisit to the cuban balsero crisis and the people who found freedom in america miami herald, aug. In this digital archive you can explore the experiences of tens of thousands of citizens who left cuba in small boats, homemade rafts and other unusual craft.
The cuban revolution is one of the great events of human history. Summary to facilitate its full integration into the world communityand thus the world economythe cuban government is trying to improve its human rights image. Cuban rafters pawns of two governments 3 amnesty international october 1994 ai index. Amr 518694 the increasing exodus from cuba led to talks between representatives of the us and cuban authorities on the migration issue and on 9 september the two governments issued a joint communique. Parallels cuban migrants have received preferential treatment for more than a halfcentury.
Repeat of 1994 balesro cuba rafter crisis less likely cuba. Cuban migrants reach florida keys by the sea in raft,they make landfall on april 1 2016 in marquesas keys, 21 persons in. Holly ackerman and the university of miami digital library program. The sixties revolution in film 2002 dreaming a new cuba 2002 sworn to secrecy. This website was undertaken as a forward thinking interactive new media initiative between dr. Buenos aires had the tango, chicago had house music, goa had trance, and havana well, havana has more kinds of party music than you can probably handle.
Coast guard shipped most of the more than 30,000 cuban rafters picked up at sea to the u. The us coast guard says it stopped 2,059 cuban rafters on the high seas as of 22 september, a few. Rafters is a 2002 catalan documentary codirected by carles bosch and josep maria domenech about cubans leaving during the periodo especial. Last year, the number was more than 24,000 entered last year. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. Ivan picon is president of balseros cubanos cuban rafters, a native of havana, and works to unite the rafters in support of one another. The cuban revolutionary who defied 10 us presidents. Cuba is just over 100 miles from florida, yet so difficult to visit because of the embargo placed on cuba by the u. A tale of cuban rafters nominated for an academy award for best documentary, balseros chronicles the tale of cubans who tried to escape to the united states on rafts in 1994.
Nov 12, 2014 former cuban rafter hanoi lopez, 39, now a mechanic at a public school bus company, had changed his name to alex when he arrived to the united states 20 years ago, thinking that hanoi sounded too communist to americans. Pdf posttraumatic stress disorder among cuban children. The numbers have increased dramatically since the uscuba detente was announced in december 2014. The cuban five are five cuban men who are unjustly imprisoned in the united states after being arrested by the fbi on sept. The individuals listed below provided materials, translations or technical assistance in the production of the cuban rafter phenomenon. Cuban rafters 2002 a public television crew joined cuban nationals in 1994 for this insightful documentary about their harrowing escape on a raft, their incarceration at the u. While presidents clinton and fidel castro argued over the closing of cubas coast in the chaotic summer of 1994, nearly 50,000 balseros a slang term for cuban rafters set out towards florida, navigating the sharkinfested waters on vessels made of wood, nails, and tar.