LACS 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Market Trend, Cuban Americans, Constitution Of Cuba

• School: Binghamton University
• Department: Lat Amer and Carib Study
• Course: LACS 210
• Professor: Michael Cangemi

Document Summary

Havana, usa: notes for the introduction, chapter one, and chapter two. With each new wave of cubans, the population became more and more representative of the race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of those in cuba. Many of these new wave cuban immigrants lived in south florida, specifically the dade county in miami. Though they lived there, they did not want to consider themselves norteamericano and assimilate into american culture. These cubans planned on moving back as soon as there was a more tolerable politician in charge as opposed to fidel castro. They arrived in america during the height of the. Cold war, which was symbolic considering cuba"s history with communism. U. s came up with the cuban refugee program. Many cubans focused on making a living. They even capitalized on the success of the earlier cubans and revitalized the labor market.