Cuban Refugees in Miami March 1961 Boleros de Cuba cantan Eydie Gorme Trio Los Panchos 2/3

Part Two 2/3.- of a video essay on Cuban Refugees in Miami based on an
article in LIFE titled "An Uneasy Life in Alien Land" published on April 14th, 1961.

Cuban boleros and songs which appear here, sung by
Eydie Gormé y El Trio Los Panchos:

1) No, No y No (1947) Osvaldo Farrés composer

2) Flores Negras (1936) Sergio de Karlo composer

3) Quiereme Mucho ( 1911) Music: Gonzalo Roig Lyrics: Agustin Rodriguez (aka Cuando se quiere de veras )

4) Alma Vanidosa ( 1947) Tony Fergo ( Antonio Fernandez Gomez) composer

5) Parece Que Va a Llover (1947) Antonio Matas composer

( 03:44-04:18) " Cuban actress Hedy Luria now living in
the U.S.."

Here are some quotes from the April 1961 LIFE article:

"....as throngs of refugees from Castro's Cuba who for 21 months have been pouring into Florida.
They are a strange, uneasy community: a sprinkling of
Batista's men, officers who helped Castro make his
revolution and became disillusioned, fishermen, financiers, models and entertainers. But the strongest
core among the exiles are the professional men, doctors
lawyers and teachers who found the strait jacket squeeze
of Castro's regime hardest to bear"
" These, with their wives and families, are uneasily perched
in Miami - dreaming of a return to a new and free Cuba
but forced to deal with the problems of staying alive,
perhaps indefinitely, in a foreign land. Many came with
only the clothes on their backs, no money at all. Most are
too proud to accept easily the help which, from the first,
local groups have offered. Schools have set up special
courses for professional men and employment centers.
Last December, the exiles got a big break. They became
elegible for special U.S. government aid, as refugees
from any country 'enslaved by communism'.
Now, as more and more of its sons, young husbands
and brothers sign up and slip off to training camp, the
refugee community allows itself a new luxury - betting
on what month they and liberty will again be back in Cuba"
( end of quote).

(00:04-01:58) " These are the top doctors from Cuba -
many of the 600 who have fled to the U.S.
Doctors in exile - some of the 600 Cuban physicians
whose defection to U.S. has put a strain on Cuban
medical facilities - get a free refresher course in U.S.
medical practice at the University of Miami."
" Cuban refugee doctors taking a course at the University
of Miami which will enable them to practice in the U.S. "

( 10:53-11:14) Cuban actress Loly Rubenstein working
as a teletypist. "

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[AbrahamDiner]

50 years ago !!!!

[bronx7542]

@bronx7542 If you notice closely there is not one Black Cuban doing the first generation of Cuban Refugees from the 1960's

[bronx7542]

These are the Cubans from the Batista era .The Freedom Fights from Havana to Miami.