Illegal emigrants from Cuba floating in rafts to neighboring countries
Balseros spotted and rescued by the Carnival Liberty in 2014
Balseros ("rafters", from the Spanish balsa "raft") were boat people who emigrated without formal documentation in self constructed or precarious vessels from Cuba to neighboring states including The Bahamas, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and, most commonly, the United States since the 1994 Balsero crisis and during the wet feet, dry feet policy.
The 1994 Balseros Crisis was ended by the agreement of the wet feet, dry feet policy between Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro. After 1994, balseros continued...
was followed by the 1980 Mariel boatlift and after 1994 the flight of balseros emigrating by raft. During the Cuban exile many refugees were granted special...
rafter crisis which is also known as the 1994 Cuban raft exodus or the Balsero crisis was the emigration of more than 35,069 Cubans to the United States...
the Use of Refugees as Political Weapons: A Case Study of the 1994 Cuban Balseros Crisis". International Migration. 40 (4): 39–74. doi:10.1111/1468-2435...
1970 that kickstarted the Soviet Jewry movement. Ausreiseantrag Aliyah Balseros, Cuban citizens who are not legally allowed to migrate and who cross to...
rafters would be detained at the base, which became known as the Balsero crisis. These "Balseros" (Spanish: rafters) as these boat people were known during...
migration, Afro-Cuban presence was larger among the Mariel Boatlift and Balseros periods. Anywhere between 20% and 40% of Marielitos were identified as...
Jacques Perrin 2003 (76th) The Fog of War Errol Morris and Michael Williams Balseros Carles Bosch [es; ca] and Josep Maria Domenech Capturing the Friedmans...
orchestra And Birds Are Still... for string orchestra, Op. 72 Robert Ashley – Balseros Antonio Braga – San Domenico di Guzman (oratorio) Michael Daugherty – Jackie...
Brothers to the Rescue Hermanos al Rescate Purpose Aid balseros and dissidents in Cuba Location Miami, United States Methods Rescue rafters spotted in...
Year Title Director Writer Notes 2003 Balseros No Yes 2004 Cerrar los Ojos Yes No Segment from the episodic political documentary "¡Hay Motivo!!" 2006...
exhibition series Alpha 66 Antonio Maceo Brigade Brothers to the Rescue Balseros Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus...
desagüe a laguna turística, pese a oposición de balseros». Enlace Nacional. Consulted 3 March 2010. «Balseros turísticos critican posible contaminación de...
of Juliaca. "As a testimony of the ancient presence of the Uros, in the balsero partiality, and later in the rafts of Juliaca, there have been some names...
Cuban owned and modeled in the image of nostalgia for the Cuba de ayer. Balseros (rafters) Duany, Jorge (1 January 1999). "Cuban communities in the United...
middle of the sea at a long distance from the coast. Cuban boat people Balseros Stepick, Alex (1982). "Haitian Boat People: A Study in the Conflicting...
Documentary Feature The Fog of War – Errol Morris and Michael Williams‡ Balseros – Carlos Bosch and Josep Maria Domenech Capturing the Friedmans – Andrew...
about his interest to make a movie in his birth country. "Omar Ávila, el balsero de House sueña con filmar en Cuba". Radio Television Marti. Retrieved 2018-12-03...
Miskito Indians murdered by Nicaragua's Sandinista dictatorship; and Cuban balseros who drowned escaping tyranny. President Bush also said, "We'll never know...
the Alps to freedom in Switzerland (Italy in the events it was based on) Balseros – documentary about escaping Cuba on rafts Coyote Freedom of movement Illegal...
exhibition series Alpha 66 Antonio Maceo Brigade Brothers to the Rescue Balseros Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba Congressional Cuba Democracy Caucus...
Global Information