Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the series "USA to Z," "CBS Mornings" spoke to Cuban refugees who came to the U.S. to escape Fidel Castro's regime for a chance ...

MIAMI — There was nothing atypical about the young man. At the moment in the mid-1960s, he seemed as dazed as every other teenager I had seen walk into "El Refugio," the Spanish moniker for the Cuban ...

I peered through the tiny window and bounced in my seat, a cluelessly excited 5-year-old about to take off on her first flight. My grandmother sat next to me, one hand trying to keep me still, the ...

MIAMI — Peering at artifacts from an era of mass immigration into South Florida, Miriam Castro recalls snapshots from her own journey as an exiled young girl. Castro was just 9 in August 1961 when she ...

On Nov. 6, 1965 — 60 years ago today — the Cuban and U.S. governments agreed to arrange regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families with their loved ones already in the U.S.

For decades, “La Ermita de la Caridad,” a Catholic shrine near Biscayne Bay, has stood as a symbol of hope and freedom for many, especially South Florida’s Cuban exile community. On Monday, the ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (UNHCR) - Marie Rose has not wasted her time. The 34-year-old slightly built Burundian has a scroll full of diplomas which she shows with a shy but proud smile. They certify she ...

Cubans use a makeshift boat made out of a 1951 Chevrolet truck with a propeller driven off the drive shaft to escape. While the clock ticks down on Cuba’s communist government, America’s vision for a ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was in Bradenton Thursday morning, where he signed legislation to protect the Sunshine State's ...

Hostilities between the United States and Cuba have spanned more than six decades. Key historical conflicts include the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

There is a Singer sewing machine, one of many in the region's factories where Cuban refugees supported families and college educations for the next generation. Other items include the name plate of an ...