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History Of The Mariel Boatlift
The Mariel Boatlift began April 15, 1980 and ended October 31, 1980, with the arrival of over 125,000 Cubans to South Florida from Port of Mariel, Cuba. However, South Florida had to deal with the consequences for years to come. Tension surfaced when six Cubans crashed a bus through the gate of the Peruvian embassy in Havana on April 1, 1980. The six Cubans demanded political asylum. Soon after rumor spread that whoever wanted to leave Cuba should go to the Peruvian embassy. Over the next couple days 10,000 Cubans entered into the embassy. Following the Embassy incident On April 20, 1980 the embarrassed Fidel Castro announced that any Cuban who wanted to leave to the United States could leave on a boat at the Port of Mariel granted that they
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