Voices from Mariel: Oral Histories of the 1980 Cuban Boatlift

The stories of Cuban refugees who journeyed across the straits of Florida in search of a better future

Between April and September 1980, more than 125,000 Cuban refugees fled their homeland, seeking freedom from Fidel Castro's dictatorship. They departed in boats from the port of Mariel and braved the dangerous 90-mile journey across the Straits of Florida. Told in the words of the immigrants themselves, the stories in Voices from Mariel offer an up-close view of this international crisis, t...