Angel "Grandfather" Urquiloa on hunger strike Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on back: April 11, 1980. (Biographical) "34 true Cuban patriots ... are starving themselves as they say the thousands of their brothers and sisters trapped in the Peruvian Embassy in Havana are starving. ... 'I no work until I have an answer from the governments and from the world,' said 56-year-old Angel Urquiloa." -- Article by Jack Knarr in the Miami News, April 10, 1980, p. 4A. (Biographical) In early April 1980, the Cuban government announced that anyone wishing to leave the country should go to the Peruvian Embassy. Within two days about 10,000 Cubans entered the grounds. On April 20, Castro announced that all who wished to leave could board boats at the port of Mariel. Thus began the Mariel Boatlift. (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-3047. Cuba Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-3047 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015765/00001 | Partager |
Ramón Puig Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill. ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on back: June 16, 1979. (Biographical) Tailor Ramón Puig, who was often referred to as “The King of the Guayaberas,” fled Cuba and settled in Miami in 1968. Forced to leave without any personal belongings, he returned to Cuba in the 1980s and retrieved them. Puig practiced his trade in South Florida until his passing in 2011. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-17264 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015713/00001 | Partager |
Cubans celebrate Santa Barbara feast day Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on verso: December 5, 1975. (Preferred Citation) Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-3100. (Biographical) Saint Barbara's feast day is December 4. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-3098 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015770/00001 | Partager |
Our Lady Charity of Cobre decorated boat Auteur(s) : Reinke, Bill ( Photographer ) Résumé : Photo date stamped on verso: September 9, 1976. (Biographical) "Our Lady of Charity also known as Our Lady of El Cobre is the patroness of Cuba, whose basilica named, Basílica Santuario Nacional de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre) built in 1926 is situated in village El Cobre, near Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. The feast day of Our Lady of Charity is September 8. ... On September 8, 1961, in the third year of its existence, the Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Charity with 30,000 Cuban exiles at Miami Stadium. On the same day, a 16-inch replica of the statue of Our Lady of Charity was smuggled out of Cuba and arrived at the stadium. Five years later, during the 1966 feast, the Archdiocese announced the construction of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity. Construction was begun on the shrine, known as La Ermita de la Caridad, the following year on the shores of Biscayne Bay in the Coconut Grove section of Miami. The shrine was completed in 1973, built almost entirely with dollar bills, pennies, and other coins donated by new Cuban arrivals." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Ladysur Charity (Preferred Citation) Cite as Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami, 1995-277-3105. Miami, Florida Droits : All rights reserved by the source institution. 1995-277-3105 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00015771/00001 | Partager |