Mariel

Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, at the Mariel commercial port, outside the capital, containers are piling up.

From Barron's

The U.S. is wary of the prospect of a humanitarian crisis on the island, which risks fueling a U.S.-bound exodus, as happened with the Mariel boatlift in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is the largest number of Cubans to arrive in the U.S. since the now-deceased Fidel Castro came to power in 1959 and significantly exceeds the 125,000 migrants who came in the Mariel boatlift of 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I sure did, Paloma. I also got into trouble for having an Afro and playing Afro-Cuban music. Oh, and for wearing bell-bottoms. Can you believe it? They sent me to a work camp. To rehabilitate me, as they called it. After that, I knew I had to leave, and so I did when they opened the port of Mariel to any Cubans who wanted to go. I left on a boat that almost sank.”

From Literature

This story was originally reported by Mariel Padilla of The 19th.

From Salon