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Miami Stories: Cecilia Dubon Slesnick

Cecilia Dubon Slesnick shares her story of emigrating from Nicaragua with her family at 17 months. Her godfather, then President of Nicaragua, Anastasio Somoza, fled to Miami in July 1979, where he received temporary asylum. The Jimmy Carter administration did not grant permanent asylum and he moved to Paraguay. He was assassinated in Paraguay on Sept. 17, 1980. Slesnick shares her love of her family and of Miami. Video by: Emily Michot / Miami Herald Staff