/tags/mariel Mariel en-US WLRN Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-03-12/edel-rodriguez-worm-cuba-hialeah-time-mariel Cuban-American illustrator and author Edel Rodriguez tells the story of his family’s dramatic Mariel escape from Cuba, their struggles in Hialeah and eventually, his triumph in New York in his graphic memoir titled, 'Worm: A Cuban-American Odyssey.' Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2024-03-12/edel-rodriguez-worm-cuba-hialeah-time-mariel Helen Acevedo /podcast/detentionpod/2022-09-28/mariel-boatlift-the-tide-turns Episode 4 of Detention By Design looks at the 1980 event that came to be known as the Mariel Boatlift and the turning point it marked for the U.S. immigration detention system. As 125,000 Cuban refugees landed in Florida, most spent only a day or two in a processing center - while Haitians were held for much longer. The lessons learned by the federal government during this often chaotic time would shape the years that followed. Wed, 28 Sep 2022 10:00:00 GMT /podcast/detentionpod/2022-09-28/mariel-boatlift-the-tide-turns /news/2016-11-04/cuba-rejects-ballyhooed-plan-for-a-u-s-factory-on-the-island When the U.S. and Cuba normalized relations two years ago, hope sprang eternal that Americans could now do business on the island. But we got another… Fri, 04 Nov 2016 21:50:45 GMT /news/2016-11-04/cuba-rejects-ballyhooed-plan-for-a-u-s-factory-on-the-island Tim Padgett