A U.S. Marine helps a child off of a Cuban refugee boat during the 1980 Mariel boatlift. Fernando Yovera AP Photo In 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter welcomed 125,000 Cuban refugees to the United ...

For years, abandoned Cuban refugee boats were considered trash. Now the Park Service and others are preserving the chugs and their stories. The seven tiny islands of Dry Tortugas National Park, most ...

In 1980, then-President Jimmy Carter welcomed 125,000 Cuban refugees to the United States ... To strengthen this narrative, Fidel Castro forced boat captains arriving from Florida to the port ...