Balseros ("rafters", from the Spanish balsa "raft") were boat people who emigrated without formal documentation in self constructed or precarious vessels from Cuba to neighboring states …

Balseros: Directed by Carles Bosch, Josep Maria Domènech. With Guillermo Armas, Maria Celeste Arraras, Rafael Cano, Fidel Castro. The story of Cuban refugees who risked their lives …

The 1994 Cuban rafter crisis which is also known as the 1994 Cuban raft exodus or the Balsero crisis was the emigration of more than 35,069 Cubans to the United States (via makeshift …

Balseros (Spanish: Rafters) is a 2002 Catalan documentary co-directed by Carles Bosch [es; ca] and Josep Maria Domènech about Cubans leaving during the Período Especial.

Jul 23, 2018 · Grupos del exilio cubano que fueron a CI en 1993 instaron a cerca de 100 balseros a ir con ellos para la República de Dominicana y de allí los trasladarían a los EE.UU. Los …

Aug 18, 2014 · The balseros, as the rafters were nicknamed after their ingeniously constructed vessels, were ferried en masse to Guantánamo and packed into dusty tent-city camps with …

Aug 6, 2014 · Balseros was the term coined at the time to refer to those who set out for the United States from Cuba in improvised ‘balsas' or rafts – a dangerous route that began to be used in …

Feb 27, 2004 · Nominated for an Academy Award for best documentary, Balseros chronicles the tale of Cubans who tried to escape to the United States on rafts in 1994.

Sep 28, 2003 · “Balseros” follows seven people over a seven-year period as they leave Cuba and create new lives in the U.S. -- in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Texas.

Mar 16, 2004 · This Academy Award-nominated documentary feature, filmed over the course of seven years, follows the experience of several Cuban "balseros," undocumented immigrants …