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Marvelous Realism of the Haitians Label Image

Meal-Ready-to-Eat by the U.S. military to Cuban detainees in Guantanamo, 1990s

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Meat section of a Minimax Supermarket in Havana, Cuba

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Mejías family stepping out of an airplane, ca. 1962

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Miami-Dade County Schools offered intensive English and job training classes to Cuban refugees

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Miami's Freedom Tower, home of the Cuban Refugee Center, ca. 1970

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Among Cubans and Cuban-Americans, el refugio (or the "the refuge") still connotes not only the Cuban Refugee Program but also its headquarters in downtown Miami. As time passed, more symbolism was added to the building associated with the first days…