Mariel Boatlift: Cuba In Crisis (Part 1)

This Day in Esoteric Political History by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

For the twenty-second installment of “50 Weeks That Shaped America” we go to Miami, Florida in the spring and summer of 1980. With the Cuban economy in crisis and many Cubans trying to flee the country, Fidel Castro decl...View more