Marieleños hold reunion in Miami to honor Mariel - their hometown before the boatlift

A banquet hall in west Miami-Dade on Sunday became a time machine of sorts to the early Twentieth Century C...

Marieleños hold reunion to celebrate the other Mariel A banquet hall in west Miami-Dade on S...

MARIEL BOATLIFT

Woman's question boosted Mariel

The Mariel boatlift, which ended Sept. 26, 1980, effectively ended President Jimmy Carter's efforts to norm...

Drummer who arrived in U.S. via Mariel boatlift gets national recognition

Ezequiel Torres has made a life celebrating his ancestors. And now the master Afro-Cuban drummer and ar...

HIGH SCHOOL

Where 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 Marie...

MARIEL'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

Mariel photos evoke pivotal stories

A 30th anniversary search for a baby in a Mariel photo fails -- but others find themselves in historic snap...

Remembering 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...

CUBA

Canadian executive awaits verdict in corruption trial

Cuban migration

Sociologist: Income levels of Mariel migrants lower than earlier Cuban exiles

Sociologist finds that more recent Cuban arrivals are not the ‘golden exiles’ of times past ...

7 migrants returned to Cuba by U.S. Coast Guard

Seven Cuban migrants have been returned to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, after arriving off the Keys.

CUBA

Canadian goes on trial in Havana for corruption scandal

Sarkis Yacoubian says he will plead guilty to one charge, but that he’s innocent of other corruptio...

CUBA

Cubans more optimistic about Castro’s economic changes

Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about ruler Raul Castro’s economic reforms and large maj...

Cuba

Gloria Estefan delivers a message of freedom in the Vatican

During a brief encounter with Pope Francis, Gloria Estefan asked him to keep the plight of Cubans in mind

Venezuela

Pro-government TV host at center of Venezuelan tape scandal steps down

Mario Silva, whose alleged comments provoked a brewing government scandal in Venezuela, stepped down from h...