Word: marzo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...riding the ferry across Havana Bay four or five times a day, hoping it would be hijacked to Key West. Other Cubans began to commandeer motorboats and tugboats, but the authorities gave chase and opened fire. On July 13 at least 32 people died on the tugboat Trece de Marzo after it was rammed and sunk by pursuing Cuban ships. Aug. 5 saw the largest antigovernment demonstrations since Castro came to power...