FBI, CIA drooped the ball during Mariel Boatlift, Miami-Dade official says
The FBI and the CIA were not on top of the Cuban regime's shenanigans during the Mariel boatlift. A June 15 story, Mariel Boatlift -- Dozens of Cuban migrants picked off as possible spies, might have...
View ArticleTeacher who taught Mariel children recalls her little heroes from Miramar...
My name is Graciela Blaya Law. For the last thirty years I've been following the Mariel anniversaries, decade after decade. In all the reports there is always something missing. I have decided that...
View ArticleWelcome to America: As a Marielita, I will always remember those words<p/> My family came to the United States during the Mariel boatlift. I've included a picture of our boat when we were coming...
View ArticleWELCOME TO AMERICA: AS A MARIELITA, I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THOSE WORD<p/> My family came to the United States during the Mariel boatlift. I've included a picture of our boat, the Atila, when we...
View ArticleNPR broadcasts show on the 30th anniversary of the Mariel boatlift
NPR's popular national show Talk of the Nation dedicated its show Tuesday to the 30th anniversary of the Mariel boatlift and its impact on South Florida.
View ArticleMariel Memory: We were made to leave in the middle of a storm, but we made it
We came in a little boat named the Tauka -- a 24-footer that carried 36 passengers.<p/> There were two people in my party -- Luis Morera Acosta, who was 65 at the time and a political prisoner...
View ArticleCement transforms Mariel -- and my family
In 1895, Cuba opened the first cement plant in Latin America -- the same year it won its independence from Spain -- and my hometown of Mariel soon became a focal point of the industry.
View ArticleOfficers never forget glories of Cuba's sole naval academy
Prerevolution Mariel was a bustling little town, largely because it was home to the island's only naval academy, a magnet for Cuba's best and brightest.
View ArticleRemembering Mariel as home -- not a boatlift
Say the name Mariel and most people will assume you're talking about the massive boatlift 30 years ago that brought 125,000 Cubans to the United States.
View ArticleMariel photos evoke pivotal stories
OK, we give up.<p/> The Miami Herald's efforts to find a baby in an iconic 1980 Mariel boatlift photograph as part of the 30th anniversary of the famed exodus has officially . . . failed.
View ArticleWhere are Filer's students of Mariel?
In September 1980, I was asked to assist with a large group of students who had come from Cuba in the Mariel boatlift.<p/> At Henry H. Filer Junior High in Hialeah, now a middle school, we took...
View ArticleDrummer who arrived in U.S. via Mariel boatlift gets national recognition
Ezequiel Torres has made a life celebrating his ancestors.<p/> And now the master Afro-Cuban drummer and artisan is one of nine artists to be celebrated across the United States, all recipients...
View ArticleWoman's question boosted Mariel
Thirty years ago, the end of the Mariel boatlift, marked end of Jimmy Carter's efforts to normalize relations with Cuba<p/> Miami's Merle Frank never expected what followed after she asked...
View ArticleMarieleños hold reunion to celebrate the other Mariel<p/> A banquet hall in west Miami-Dade on Sunday became a time machine of sorts to the early Twentieth Century Cuba -- and the...
View ArticleMarieleños hold reunion in Miami to honor Mariel - their hometown...
A banquet hall in west Miami-Dade on Sunday became a time machine of sorts to the early Twentieth Century Cuba -- and the town of Mariel. <p/> One of the ``travelers'' was Gertrudis Balsindri,...
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