Quote of the Day: On the Recent Exodus of Cubans

Quote of the Day: On the Recent Exodus of Cubans

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The recent exodus provides further evidence of the Cuban people’s desperation. Even as diplomatic — and soon commercial — relations are restored, Cubans are not hopeful that their lives on the island will improve. That’s why they keep risking their lives to move to the United States.

-- Luis Enrique Ferrer Garcia, international spokesman for the dissident group Cuban Patriotic Union (UNPACU), on the doubling of Cubans fleeing the island this year, PanAm Post, 11/13/15