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Word: rodriquez (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...poverty line for the area ($7,412 for a family of four). They are committing suicide at seven times the average rate in the U.S., and the leading cause of death among them is homicide. Most of the immigrants speak little English, and some 50% are unemployed. Says Rosa Rodriquez Orama, 30, who lives with her husband in the bathroom of a Miami gas station: "We were poor in Cuba, but at least I had more comforts than this. I made a mistake in coming...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Were Poor in Cuba, but... | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

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