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1 Cuba The Cuban Exiles and US Politics

2 Exiles Who are they? – “Political Refugees” – Wealthy families – Anti-Communists – “Undesirables”

3 Why they left Cuba Castro to Power 1959 1960-1962 - 14,000 children Pedro Pan Freedom Flights http://www.wpbt2.org/suitcase/

4 Bay of Pigs

5 Bays of Pigs and Kennedy April 17, 1961 invasion of Cuba 1200 exiles detained 118 killed Considered unsuccessful Strained relationship between Kennedy/Dems and American Cubans

6 Mariel Boat Lift

7 Started April 20, 1980 Proclaimed by Fidel Castro 125,000 Cubans fled to Florida Problems for Pres. Jimmy Carter 17,000 exiles jailed 587 detained New tension between U.S. and Cuba

8 Mariel Boat Lift cont’d Carter and Castro wanted improved relations U.S.: Interests Section in Havana Cuba: Interests Section in Washington Ended October 31, 1980

9 Elian Gonzalez

10 Came to U.S. November 1999 Clinton and Janet Reno authorized raid Sent Gonzalez back to Cuba 2000 Strained relationship between Clinton/Dems and American Cubans Sent back to Cuba June 2000 Raid

11 Cuban American Political History Cuban Americans vote Republican. 1988 election - 78% voted for Republican candidates. 1992 election - 70% voted for then-President George Bush.

12 CANF is most important Cuban American political organization. – Cuban Democracy Act in 1992. – The Helms-Burton Act in 1996. – CANF sponsors research on Cuba and Cuban Americans, raises money for political purposes, and lobbies elected officials.

13 Cuban Committee for Democracy Founded in 1993 by a group of progressive Cuban–Americans in Miami and Washington, D.C. CCD is not a political party. The Committee is non-partisan and welcomes supporters from any political party.

14 Miami-Dade County Results 62% Hispanic Population – 2004 George Bush - 46.6% John Kerry – 52.9% – 2008 John McCain – 41.6% Barack Obama – 58.1%

15 Cubans in US Politics: 2012

16 Cuban American vs. Rest of LATAM Cuban American Interests Conservative/Right Economy/jobs Geographic East of US – Miami Dade County (Southern Florida) 5% of total Latino vote Latino Interests Liberal/Left Immigration Policy Geographic West of US – Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, California The rest

17 Marco Rubio, next VP? Senator of strategic Florida – Butterfly Ballot recount (Bush vs. Gore election) – Romney loses to McCain four years ago Influence within the Rep. Party – Spoke out against Gingrich attack against Romney

18 This is why I’m a communist …smh

19 References http://hispanic.cc/why_cubans_vote_republican.htm http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Cuba_Timeline http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21421.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1983705,00.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_exile http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/pedro.htm Video cite: http://www.wpbt2.org/suitcase/http://www.wpbt2.org/suitcase/

20 References http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu- Dr/Cuban-Americans.html http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu- Dr/Cuban-Americans.html http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/elect ion2008/fl.htm http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/elect ion2008/fl.htm http://www.neoliberalismo.com/mission_en.h tm http://www.neoliberalismo.com/mission_en.h tm

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