BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 22:24:00
Journeys across the florida straits. with 16,500 cubans detained at the us southern border in february alone, many compare this exodus to the mariel boatlift in 1918 when fidel castro said anyone who wanted to leave in 1980 when fidel castro said anyone who wanted to leave the island could do. in total, 125,000 cubans flat that year. today, though, most aren't crossing by sea. rather, they are trying to reach nicaragua, which requires no entry visa for cubans, and then they make their dangerous trek over land to the us—mexico border. the cuban government recently held its first may day parad...