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When 16-year-old Rene Hernandez traveled from Cuba to the U.S. in the Mariel boatlift in 1980, his first hope was that he and his family would not drown or be attacked by sharks. Inspired by the plight of his father, a political prisoner, he decided to become a lawyer, although most people told him his English would never be good enough. But a corporate lawyer? That was even more farfetched. "Minority lawyers tend to shy away from the corporate world," Hernandez says. "We don't have the road map or the playbooks. And we feel corporations...
...President Clinton, is it a coincidence that renewals for the immigration accords with Cuba are rapidly approaching? Is it possible that what he really fears is a repeat of the Mariel Boatlift of 1980, when approximately 125,000 Cubans fled the island? And is it a coincidence that Gregory Craig, the lawyer who "volunteered" to defend the father, was the former personal attorney for Clinton as well...
Avoiding isolation--whether self-imposed or a result of familial and societal prejudice--is key for HIV-positive individuals, says Mariel Gonzalez, director of development for The Living Center, the only drop-in organization in New England devoted specifically to servicing the social needs of those with...
...descent came quickly. Scavullo suggested her for a starring role in Lipstick, a movie about a rape victim that co-starred her younger sister Mariel. The film bombed, and when Mariel went on to star in Woody Allen's Manhattan and Bob Fosse's Star 80, a lasting strain developed between the siblings. Mariel declined to comment on her sister's death...
...movie begins in 1980, during the so-called Mariel Boatlift, when Fidel Castro emptied his prisons of political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals and other undesirables and allowed them to go to Florida. Juan Raul Perez (Alfred Molina), a political prisoner, hasn't seen his wife Carmela in 20 years, ever since he sent her and their infant daughter to Miami. Memories of Carmela and his daughter kept him alive during his imprisonment, and he desperately looks forward to the reunion. Dorita Perez (Marisa Tomei), a young sugarcane worker, is obsessed with American popular culture, especially John Wayne and Elvis Presley...