Word: ricans
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DIED. Luis Muñoz Marín, 82, father of Puerto Rico's industrial revolution and Governor from 1948 to 1964; in San Juan. In 1931, Muñoz left a promising career in New York to work for Puerto Rican independence, but he soon became convinced that the island would be better served by economic association with the U.S. That assessment became the platform of the Popular Democratic Party he formed in 1938. Over eight years as Senate President under U.S.-appointed Governor Rexford Guy Tugwell and later as the territory's first elected Governor...
After three days of airlifts and the evacuation of 678 exiles to San José, Castro abruptly ordered the Costa Rican flights suspended. Henceforth, Cuban authorities insisted, all refugees had to go directly to the countries where they planned to settle. Castro reportedly was annoyed that Costa Rican President Rodrigo Carazo himself welcomed the first planeload of refugees. More important, Castro was furious about the bad publicity Cuba was reaping in the Latin American press. To counter it, he staged a massive rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. More than a million Cubans marched through...
Whether Castro anticipated what would happen after he suspended the Costa Rican mercy flights is unclear. What is certain is that he took full advantage of what began as a long-shot attempt by several Cubans now living in Miami to fetch some relatives and embassy refugees by boat. When Dos Hermanos and Blanchie III returned from Cuba with the exiles aboard, word raced through south Florida's community of 600,000 Cuban Americans that Castro was allowing boats to enter the port of Mariel, 27 miles west of Havana, to pick up refugees. Most important to the Cuban...
...event free. But hoped-for corporate contributions were not forthcoming. Extra money had to be raised, and the church was forced to charge from $5 to $25 for tickets. Despite the financial obstacles, Mehta is eager to go into other neighborhoods, especially in the city's large Puerto Rican community. "One thing we know," he says. "We are going back to Harlem next year, that's for sure." As one enthusiast shouted from the Abyssinian balcony after the Hallelujah Chorus...
...exhausted exiles were welcomed by Peruvian Foreign Minister Arturo Garcia y Garcia; an Iberia jet flew 50 more refugees directly from Havana to Spain. The overwhelming majority, however, indicated a preference for resettlement in the U.S. "All 10,000 would like to go to Miami," observed one Costa Rican official. "But we can't satisfy everyone...