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... Within this forty year span of time the Cuban community began to carve their own niche into the American tapestry much like the Italian, Jewish and Irish immigrants many years ago creating their own piece of Havana. ... The first wave brought nearly a quarter of a million Cubans to the United States (Garcia, Havana U. ... This wave began in April, 1980, when a group of six Cuban counter-revolutionaries drove to the Peruvian Embassy in Havana with the purpose of seeking asylum; when the bus they had commandeered headed for the embassy gates and accelerated, the Cubans officially guarding the embassy opened fire on the bus, and a ricocheting bullet hit and killed one of the guards. ... Castro responded by opening up the Mariel port, west of Havana, relaxing restrictions on emigration to the point that many felt free to leave, and "deporting," as we mentioned earlier, a sizable number of people he felt were undesirable such as homosexuals and political activists (Garcia pgs. ... They have turned Miami into Havana north. ... Miami, at least to most of us of Cuban descent, believe that this is the model of what Havana might have been, complete with the corrupted public officials.
Approximate Word count = 1711
Approximate Pages = 6.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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