At the same time, Castro took advantage of the situation to empty the country’s jails, with many prisoners joining the boatlift.
There’s no denying that violent crime, drug trafficking and unemployment all rose sharply in the years that followed the arrival of the Marielitos.
Evidence of the Cuban presence in Miami is everywhere; perhaps best represented by the Little Havana neighborhood, along with newspaper, El Nuevo Herald; as well as at the university and in the wider economy.
In the years directly after the revolution, it was the business and professional classes who came to start new lives in the United States.
“Obama is dealing with the devil,” adds Calzada, the wounds of the past still raw.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/04/11/inenglish/1460370377_350080.html
