Witness History: Archive 2011 - Mariel Boatlift from Cuba

In 1980, more than 100,000 Cubans left the island in a boatlift from Mariel harbour.

Witness speaks to the writer, Mirta Ojito, about how she fled from communism with her family.

Photo: Mirta (left) with her father and sister.

Published on Wednesday, 25th May 2011.

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