Cubans stranded in Central America try to reach the U.S.
Cubans stranded in Central America try to reach the U.S.
- February 9, 2016
- Anita Casavantes Bradford, Chicano/Latino studies and history assistant professor, is quoted by Al Jazeera Feb. 9, 2016
From Al Jazeera:
"[The migrants] were an incredible piece of propaganda at the beginning of the Cold
War," Anita Casavantes Bradford, a professor of Chicano/Latino studies at the University
of California, Irvine, told Al Jazeera. "The government decided to regularize their
status because it was a tool of Cold War foreign policy. It was a way of encouraging
outward migration from Cuba to discredit the Castro regime," she added.
For the full story, please visit http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/02/cubans-stranded-central-america-reach-160202134603642.html.
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