The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, ruled the country from 1959 to 2006. He stepped down due to health problems which were affecting him crucially and needed treatment. He handed control to his younger brother Raul Castro, in which during 18 months governed and continued with the communist party that Fidel had built until now. Subsequently, he was formally elected as the new president of Cuba. Within time, he started changing slightly the way Cuba was formed, from a very communist country, now leaning to a socialist one. During this time, Raul Castro has tried to transform Cuba into a more liberal country. He has opened ports of embarcation for Cuban residents to be able to leave the country and go live to the United States, mostly Florida. He has had a few meeting with the US president Barack Obama to
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About 120,000 cubans left Cuba in 1980 to go have a life in the US.
Between year 1959 which it is when Fidel Castro entered to power to 1980, an estimation of 675,000 Cuban immigrants arrived to the US.
The US have agreed on helping with migration problems in the future, but for now the immigration policy applied by the US to Cubans, which will imply a special treatment in their favor, will stay the same for now because by improving it, it will be complicate to maintain.
When the US and Cuba had a change of presidents, Barack Obama of the US and Raul Castro for Cuba, the US decided to reconsider and check through again the migration policy that their country had with Cuba. The new presidents may arrange the Cuban migration policy.
Due to political problems mostly, Cuban migrants left Cuba and went to the US mostly in Florida. Until the year 2008, an estimate of 1.24 million or more Cuban were living in the US. It is about one third of miami's population
About 120,000 cubans left Cuba in 1980 to go have a life in the US.
Between year 1959 which it is when Fidel Castro entered to power to 1980, an estimation of 675,000 Cuban immigrants arrived to the US.
The US have agreed on helping with migration problems in the future, but for now the immigration policy applied by the US to Cubans, which will imply a special treatment in their favor, will stay the same for now because by improving it, it will be complicate to maintain.
When the US and Cuba had a change of presidents, Barack Obama of the US and Raul Castro for Cuba, the US decided to reconsider and check through again the migration policy that their country had with Cuba. The new presidents may arrange the Cuban migration policy.
Due to political problems mostly, Cuban migrants left Cuba and went to the US mostly in Florida. Until the year 2008, an estimate of 1.24 million or more Cuban were living in the US. It is about one third of miami's population