About 200 migrants who walked in the dark for about an hour to surrender to Border Patrol agents in Yuma, Arizona, included many Cubans — who were stunned to hear that a ban on asylum that previously fell.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-news/2023/01/biden-toughens-border-offers-legal-path-for-30000-a-month/

And he says many Cubans who made that same journey went on to build successful businesses and media careers in the United States.

Source: https://krdo.com/politics/cnn-us-politics/2023/06/04/these-decisions-werent-popular-jimmy-carter-made-them-anyway/

As Costa Rica and Panama did with Cubans connecting to Managua, El Salvador imposed in October on citizens from Africa and India an airport transit fee of $1,130.

Source: https://ticotimes.net/2023/12/30/african-asian-migrants-use-nicaragua-as-new-path-to-u-s

Callan Garcia, a Florida immigration attorney, said most Cubans who reach U.S. soil tell Border Patrol agents they can't find adequate work at home, so they are flagged “expedited for removal" as having entered the country illegally.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/us/cuban-migrants-flow-into-florida-keys-overwhelm-officials/article_697ab452-1993-57ae-b03d-c10d4e0c27d5.html

Cuba is a massive exporter of sugar, yet many Cubans are living in poverty while we consume vast quantities of a substance that can cause cancer and heart disease.”

Source: https://www.northern-times.co.uk/news/meet-the-owner-of-a-labour-of-love-new-business-in-dingwall-301436/

Cubans can withdraw dollars from the bank but in limited quantities, meaning that black market dealers can charge a premium.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1528672-soaring-inflation-wallops-cubans-battling-shortages/

Cubans have been facing extreme shortages in food, medicine, fuel and power for the past few years.

Source: https://www.aol.com/news/cubans-express-alarm-government-announces-010515323.html

Estefan’s success instills a sense of pride and identity among Cubans.

Source: https://themiamihurricane.com/2023/09/12/gloria-estefan-to-host-movie-screening-and-qa-at-the-cosford-cinema/

“I know just from interviews and conversations with people that there is this view that this is the new Mariel,” he said, referencing the 1980 boatlift of over 125,000 Cubans, who were dismissed by U.S. media and even Cuban Americans.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-04-16/florida-sb-1718-california-prop-187-anti-immigrant

It is not coincidence that several foreigners praise the gaze of Cubans, since we usually stare at people.

Source: https://en.escambray.cu/2023/more-pregnancy-tests-to-be-produced-in-cuban-biotechnology-institution/

Not saying he shouldn't have done it, I didn't see "Cubans still being that bitter about Castro" coming either.

Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12778220?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark

That mirage of proximity is a powerful one, for Nyad and for desperate Cubans alike.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/11/04/opinion-nyad-tells-an-incredible-story-but-for-any-cuban-american-it-brings-pain/

The Biden administration also announced that 30,000 visas will be granted every month to Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans who apply from outside the United States, have a US-based sponsor and undergo a rigorous background check.

Source: https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/02/whats-driving-irregular-cuban-emigration-to-the-united-states/

The contract states that the Cubans who sign the contract are entitled to “a single payment of 194,000 rubles”, equivalent to roughly 1,900 euros, for service in “the special military operation zone in the territory in the region of Toula".

Source: https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20230929-how-russia-is-recruiting-cuban-mercenaries

The image on the left shows a photo that one of the Cubans posted on Facebook on September 2, 2023.

Source: https://observers.france24.com/en/europe/20230929-how-russia-is-recruiting-cuban-mercenaries

Those fighting for queer liberation in the U.S. learned about the historic Families Code, passed and edited by six million Cubans who proposed hundreds of thousands of changes.

Source: https://www.newsamericasnow.com/breaking-the-siege-young-people-from-the-us-travel-to-cuba-a-story-of-hope-and-connection-latest-caribbean-and-latin-america-news-from-news-americas-the-black-immigrant-daily/

You cannot on the one hand argue that all countries have agency and the right to choose their own alignment while simultaneously telling the Cubans that they can’t host a Chinese spy base.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/16/mar-a-lago-trump-bathroom-documents-threaten-national-security/