POS 4074 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cuban American National Foundation, Mariel Boatlift
30 Mar 2016
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Cuban american naional foundaion received extensive u. s. funds. Accused by the cuban government of planning and funding terrorist atacks. Canf has said that they do not view these atacks as terrorism. Inighing and drug smuggling charges has weakened the organizaion. First wave tha led castro were wealthier and more educated. Had an easier ime integraing into the u. s. economy and poliics, especially in miami. Kept their culture in hope of returning back to cuba. Later immigrants were not as well received, including by the earlier immigrant wave. They came from a diferent background, and there was a feeling that they would threaten the lives earlier immigrants had established in the u. s. Later waves had diferent views concerning cuba-u. s. relaion. Castro announced that anyone waning to leave cuba could do so through the port of. About 125,000 arrived, which strained miami"s resources and led to tent ciies. Prisoners and mentally ill led over to the u. s.
