On April 20, 1980, the Castro regime announced that all Cubans wishing to leave were free to board boats at the port of Mariel. Shortly thereafter, the first wave of 125,000 Cuban refugees reached Florida the next day.
We remember Mariel 1980 with Marcos Nelson Suarez
We remember Mariel 1980 with Marcos Nelson Suarez, publisher and writer
Guest Marcos Nelson Suarez, a journalist and author who left Cuba at that time, remembers the Mariel incident that sent 100,000 Cubans to the US back in 1980.