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Preserve.<br/>Promote.<br/><span class="text-red">Celebrate.</span></h1><p class="text-lg md:text-xl text-navy/70 max-w-xl mt-10 mb-10 leading-relaxed">Since its founding in 1982, FACE has remained dedicated to honoring, preserving, and elevating the story of the Cuban exile community and the generations that followed. Our mission is to defend and promote an accurate, positive, and dignified image of Cuban exiles, Cuban Americans, and todayâs American-Cuban generation, recognizing the countless contributions our community has made to the cultural, civic, business, and social fabric of the United States.</p><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-3"><a href="/membership" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-7 py-4 bg-navy text-white font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-xs hover:bg-red transition-colors">Become a Member <span aria-hidden="true">â</span></a><a href="/donate" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-7 py-4 bg-red text-white font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-xs hover:bg-navy transition-colors">Support FACE</a></div></div><div class="lg:col-span-5 relative"><div class="relative"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/d55d3f9c-a73e-475b-949f-44603d18450f/nelson-hero.jpg" alt="A Cuban-American leader addressing a FACE convening" width="1080" height="1600" class="w-full aspect-[3/2] lg:aspect-[3/4] object-cover object-center"/><div class="absolute -bottom-1 -left-1 right-12 bg-red text-white px-6 py-5"><p class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.25em] mb-1 opacity-80">2026 Excellence Award & Oral History Luncheon</p><p class="font-display text-xl leading-tight">"Leadership is the practice of paying forward what was sacrificed for us."</p><p class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] mt-2 opacity-80">FACE Chairman Nelson Albareda</p></div></div></div></div><div class="mt-20 border-t border-b border-navy/10 py-5 flex flex-wrap items-center justify-between gap-x-10 gap-y-3 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-navy/55"><span class="text-red">As featured in</span><span>Miami Herald</span><span>Univision</span><span>El Nuevo Herald</span><span>
1Telemundo</span><span>DIARIO LAS AMERICAS</span><span>EVENTOS MAGAZINE</span></div></div></header><section class="bg-navy text-white"><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-6 py-20 lg:py-28"><div class="grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-12 items-end mb-16"><div class="lg:col-span-7"><span class="eyebrow text-red">Our impact</span><h2 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl mt-5 max-w-3xl">Our Impact Across <span class="text-red">Generations</span></h2></div><p class="lg:col-span-5 text-white/65 text-lg leading-relaxed">Since 1982, FACE has brought together leaders, preserved important stories, recognized achievement, and strengthened understanding of the Cuban exile experience.</p></div><div class="grid grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-px bg-white/10 border border-white/10"><div class="bg-navy p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="font-display text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-white">44</div><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-white/80 mt-4">Years of Advocacy</p><p class="text-sm text-white/55 mt-3 leading-relaxed">Since 1982</p></div><div class="bg-navy p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="font-display text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-white">34</div><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-white/80 mt-4">Oral Histories Preserved</p><p class="text-sm text-white/55 mt-3 leading-relaxed">Capturing the voices and experiences of Cuban exiles and Cuban Americans</p></div><div class="bg-navy p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="font-display text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-white">90+</div><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-white/80 mt-4">Community Leaders Honored</p><p class="text-sm text-white/55 mt-3 leading-relaxed">Through 24 years of Excellence Awards</p></div><div class="bg-navy p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="font-display text-5xl lg:text-6xl text-white">24</div><p class="text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-white/80 mt-4">Years of Excellence Awards</p><p class="text-sm text-white/55 mt-3 leading-relaxed">Recognizing achievement and leadership across generations</p></div></div></div></section><section class="bg-white border-b border-navy/10 py-24 lg:py-32 overflow-hidden"><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-6"><div class="grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-12 items-end mb-14"><div class="lg:col-span-7"><span class="eyebrow text-red">History</span><h2 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl mt-5 text-navy leading-[1.02]">A journey that <span class="text-red">shaped generations</span>.</h2></div><p class="lg:col-span-5 text-lg text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Explore the defining moments of the Cuban exile experience and discover how FACE has preserved these stories since 1982.</p></div><div class="hidden md:block relative"><div class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-6"><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/c2b20409-ddda-4ac8-a108-55484c6cdbdb/1959.jpg" alt="Crowds in Havana streets in January 1959" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1959</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1959</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Castro Takeover</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Batista is forced to leave Cuba paving the way for Fidel Castro's forces to enter Havana. Castro promises elections and then reneges on the promises. Within months, the revolution's authoritarian turn drives the first wave of exiles.</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:80ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/e2257f69-bdcd-4ccb-b4fb-9494fa796b80/exile.jpg" alt="Cuban exile family arriving in Miami with suitcases in the early 1960s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
1<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1959â1962</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1959â1962</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Beginning of Exile</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Professionals, business owners, and political dissidents flee the new regime, settling primarily in South Florida and the Northeast. *Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 3</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:160ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2e2d2db8-4734-4520-86a9-76a40b282c21/bay-of-pigs-invasion.jpg" alt="Archival photograph of Brigade 2506 landing at Playa Girón during the Bay of Pigs invasion" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1961</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1961</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Bay of Pigs Invasion</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Brigade 2506, made up of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA, lands at Playa Girón. The promise of U.S. air cover is reneged causing the effort to topple the Castro region to fail. 2 3 4*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapters 3-7</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:240ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/assets/1961-refugee-program-DhCcI9-7.jpg" alt="Cuban refugees receiving assistance at the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami during the 1960s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1961â1974</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1961â1974</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Refugee Assistance Program</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Created in 1961 to assist Cubans fleeing the Castro regime, this federal program provided healthcare, employment aid, and financial support to over 443,000 refugees through the Cuban Refugee Center located in the Freedom Tower in Miami, FL. 5 6</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:320ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/14520231-6ca5-41c7-a089-a4b4c5efb042/pedropan.jpg" alt="Cuban children arriving at Miami airport during Operation Pedro Pan" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1960â1964</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1960â1964</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Operation Pedro Pan</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Driven by fear that the government would claim authority over their childrenâs rights, Cuban parents sent more than 14,000 minors to the United States alone â the largest exodus of unaccompanied children in Western Hemisphere history. 7 8 9*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 4</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:400ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/a8059d06-ed18-4d7d-a23c-98cf2ed9029e/missile.jpg" alt="Archival aerial reconnaissance imagery from the Cuban Missile Crisis" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
9<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1962</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1962</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Missile Crisis</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">The thirteen-day standoff over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba brings the world to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis ends with the Soviet Union promising to remove missiles from Cuba and the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. 10 11 12*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 8</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:480ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/e94fed03-52ff-4fa7-8972-a646f1f8a1ca/camarioca.jpg" alt="Fishing boats at the port of Camarioca in 1965" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1965</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1965</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Camarioca Exodus</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Cuba briefly opens the port of Camarioca, prompting a small boatlift that pressured both governments toward a more organized migration program. 13 14 15*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 291</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:560ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/223a8bd2-52af-4d18-82c9-957b1a0953c6/freedom.jpg" alt="Cubans disembarking from a Freedom Flight aircraft" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1965â1973</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1965â1973</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Freedom Flights</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Twice-daily flights between Varadero and Miami bring more than 260,000 Cubans to the United States â one of the largest airborne refugee operations in history. 16 17 18*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 291</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:640ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/af9887ce-fd1e-4769-8bbc-909e7511f75f/adjustment.jpg" alt="Cuban families receiving documents at a 1966 U.S. immigration office" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1966</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1966</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Adjustment Act</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">U.S. law granting Cuban nationals a streamlined path to permanent residency, recognizing the unique nature of the Cuban exile experience. 19 20 21*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 293</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:720ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/a8c9395b-9a59-4ce2-93d7-ce98a6fc5780/bilingual.jpg" alt="Bilingual Calle Ocho street signs in Little Havana, Miami" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
21<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1973</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1973</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Miami-Dade Bilingual Services Ordinance</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Miami-Dade declares itself officially bilingual and bicultural, recognizing the rapid transformation of South Florida by Cuban exiles.</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:800ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/7627eb66-83ed-4b24-afc6-914659754b38/mariel.jpg" alt="Crowded boats of Cuban refugees during the 1980 Mariel boatlift" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1980</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1980</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Mariel Exodus</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Roughly 125,000 Cubans arrive in South Florida over six months after Castro opens the port of Mariel, reshaping Miami's demographics and economy. 22 23 24*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 10</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:880ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/0ba8f5b9-8ab8-40d8-8e03-b362f3065cd8/salad.jpg" alt="Cuban American community leaders meeting in the 1980s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1980</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1980</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">SALAD Founded</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Spanish American League Against Discrimination is established to defend the civil rights and image of Cuban and Hispanic communities in the United States.</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 shadow-[0_8px_30px_-12px_rgba(10,30,77,0.25)] p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:960ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/1700a7d3-adf5-46b1-9a41-cc2d52885885/face-first-board-meeting.png" alt="Cuban American professionals gathered at the founding of FACE in 1982" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1982</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1982</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">FACE Founded</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Facts About Cuban Exiles is created to defend, preserve, promote, and celebrate the Cuban exile story â countering misrepresentation and elevating Cuban-American achievement.</p><div class="mt-4 inline-block"><span class="text-[9px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55 mb-1.5 block">Original FACE Pamphlet â click to view</span><div class="flex items-start gap-3"><button type="button" class="block cursor-zoom-in" aria-label="Open FACE booklet cover, 1982"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/04abdf0d-464e-4ee0-b190-1cd103e504b7/face-booklet-cover.jpg" alt="FACE booklet cover, 1982" loading="lazy" class="w-16 h-auto rounded border border-navy/10 shadow-sm object-contain bg-white transition-transform duration-300 ease-out hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-lg"/></button><button type="button" class="block cursor-zoom-in" aria-label="Open FACE booklet back, 1982"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/783d5ef5-4070-44a7-bef7-6ee88116a068/face-booklet-back.jpg" alt="FACE booklet back, 1982" loading="lazy" class="w-16 h-auto rounded border border-navy/10 shadow-sm object-contain bg-white transition-transform duration-300 ease-out hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-lg"/></button></div></div></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 shadow-[0_8px_30px_-12px_rgba(10,30,77,0.25)] p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1040ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/f38a5433-3ef7-478c-b4ea-a83010aeea1c/festival-1983.png" alt="Festival de las Artes poster for the 1983 Tamiami Park celebration of Cuban art and culture" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
24<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1983</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1983</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Tamiami Park Arts Festival</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">FACE had a major role in the creation of this event, that brought together Cuban artists, writers, and musicians to celebrate their heritage, helping Cuban artists to reestablish 25 their artistic careers in the United States.</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1120ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/de1c2782-fc29-4399-a784-04520a0e2e2b/rafters.jpg" alt="Cuban balseros aboard a homemade raft at sea in 1994" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1994</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1994</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Rafters Crisis</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Tens of thousands of Cubans flee by raft during a summer of economic collapse. Inspite of the U.S. Coast Guard rescuing thousands of rafters, many drowned at sea prompting the US - Cuba migration accord.  26 27 28*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 348</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1200ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/70631ee9-4454-49fa-bb50-661224740608/brothers-to-the-rescue-brightened.webp" alt="Small Brothers to the Rescue aircraft flying over the Florida Straits" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1996</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1996</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Brothers to the Rescue</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Two civilian aircraft operated by the humanitarian group are shot down by Cuban MiGs in international airspace, killing four pilots. 29 30 31*Cuba: A Chronological History p. 351</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1280ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/585a485a-bfbe-4a5a-a64e-16c10576c0dc/elian-gonzalez-case.jpg" alt="Armed federal agent seizes Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, April 22, 2000" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover" style="object-position:right center"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1999â2000</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1999â2000</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">
31Elián González Case</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">The custody battle over a six-year-old Cuban survivor of a rafting tragedy becomes an international flashpoint over freedom, family, and exile. 32 33 34*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 357</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1360ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/cb509100-f120-46af-9988-b21936218835/wetfoot.jpg" alt="U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepting Cuban migrants at sea" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1995â2017</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1995â2017</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">U.S. policy granting protection to Cubans who reached land while returning those intercepted at sea â repealed in the final days of the Obama administration. 35 36 37*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 349</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1440ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/b2fe8542-350a-4c7a-a525-758a3e167a67/border.jpg" alt="Migrants walking near the U.S. southern border" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">2017â2025</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">2017â2025</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Southern Border Migration</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">A new wave of Cuban migration, estimated to be 500,000 to 800,000 people, arrive through the southern U.S. border, reflecting deepening crisis on the island.</p></article><article class="snap-start shrink-0 w-[280px] lg:w-[300px] relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:1520ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2947b52b-a21c-4abe-9669-cd99b68903bb/reunify.jpg" alt="Cuban family embracing during reunion at an airport" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">2007â2025</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">2007â2025</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">A program enabling U.S. citizens and permanent residents to reunite with eligible family members in Cuba. This program ended December 15, 2025, practically ending Cuban migration to the United States.</p></article></div></div><div class="md:hidden relative pl-6"><div class="absolute left-2 top-2 bottom-2 w-px bg-red/40" aria-hidden="true"></div><div class="space-y-6"><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/c2b20409-ddda-4ac8-a108-55484c6cdbdb/1959.jpg" alt="Crowds in Havana streets in January 1959" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
37<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1959</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1959</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Castro Takeover</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Batista is forced to leave Cuba paving the way for Fidel Castro's forces to enter Havana. Castro promises elections and then reneges on the promises. Within months, the revolution's authoritarian turn drives the first wave of exiles.</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/e2257f69-bdcd-4ccb-b4fb-9494fa796b80/exile.jpg" alt="Cuban exile family arriving in Miami with suitcases in the early 1960s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1959â1962</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1959â1962</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Beginning of Exile</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Professionals, business owners, and political dissidents flee the new regime, settling primarily in South Florida and the Northeast. *Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 3</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2e2d2db8-4734-4520-86a9-76a40b282c21/bay-of-pigs-invasion.jpg" alt="Archival photograph of Brigade 2506 landing at Playa Girón during the Bay of Pigs invasion" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1961</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1961</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Bay of Pigs Invasion</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Brigade 2506, made up of Cuban exiles trained by the CIA, lands at Playa Girón. The promise of U.S. air cover is reneged causing the effort to topple the Castro region to fail. 38 39 40*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapters 3-7</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/assets/1961-refugee-program-DhCcI9-7.jpg" alt="Cuban refugees receiving assistance at the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami during the 1960s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1961â1974</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1961â1974</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Refugee Assistance Program</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Created in 1961 to assist Cubans fleeing the Castro regime, this federal program provided healthcare, employment aid, and financial support to over 443,000 refugees through the Cuban Refugee Center located in the Freedom Tower in Miami, FL. 41 42</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/14520231-6ca5-41c7-a089-a4b4c5efb042/pedropan.jpg" alt="Cuban children arriving at Miami airport during Operation Pedro Pan" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
42<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1960â1964</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1960â1964</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Operation Pedro Pan</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Driven by fear that the government would claim authority over their childrenâs rights, Cuban parents sent more than 14,000 minors to the United States alone â the largest exodus of unaccompanied children in Western Hemisphere history. 43 44 45*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 4</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/a8059d06-ed18-4d7d-a23c-98cf2ed9029e/missile.jpg" alt="Archival aerial reconnaissance imagery from the Cuban Missile Crisis" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1962</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1962</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Missile Crisis</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">The thirteen-day standoff over Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba brings the world to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis ends with the Soviet Union promising to remove missiles from Cuba and the U.S. promising not to invade Cuba. 46 47 48*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 8</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/e94fed03-52ff-4fa7-8972-a646f1f8a1ca/camarioca.jpg" alt="Fishing boats at the port of Camarioca in 1965" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1965</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1965</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Camarioca Exodus</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Cuba briefly opens the port of Camarioca, prompting a small boatlift that pressured both governments toward a more organized migration program. 49 50 51*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 291</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/223a8bd2-52af-4d18-82c9-957b1a0953c6/freedom.jpg" alt="Cubans disembarking from a Freedom Flight aircraft" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
51<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1965â1973</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1965â1973</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Freedom Flights</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Twice-daily flights between Varadero and Miami bring more than 260,000 Cubans to the United States â one of the largest airborne refugee operations in history. 52 53 54*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 291</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/af9887ce-fd1e-4769-8bbc-909e7511f75f/adjustment.jpg" alt="Cuban families receiving documents at a 1966 U.S. immigration office" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1966</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1966</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Adjustment Act</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">U.S. law granting Cuban nationals a streamlined path to permanent residency, recognizing the unique nature of the Cuban exile experience. 55 56 57*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 293</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/a8c9395b-9a59-4ce2-93d7-ce98a6fc5780/bilingual.jpg" alt="Bilingual Calle Ocho street signs in Little Havana, Miami" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1973</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1973</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Miami-Dade Bilingual Services Ordinance</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Miami-Dade declares itself officially bilingual and bicultural, recognizing the rapid transformation of South Florida by Cuban exiles.</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/7627eb66-83ed-4b24-afc6-914659754b38/mariel.jpg" alt="Crowded boats of Cuban refugees during the 1980 Mariel boatlift" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1980</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1980</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Mariel Exodus</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Roughly 125,000 Cubans arrive in South Florida over six months after Castro opens the port of Mariel, reshaping Miami's demographics and economy. 58 59 60*Cubans: An Epic Journey, Chapter 10</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/0ba8f5b9-8ab8-40d8-8e03-b362f3065cd8/salad.jpg" alt="Cuban American community leaders meeting in the 1980s" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
60<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1980</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1980</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">SALAD Founded</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Spanish American League Against Discrimination is established to defend the civil rights and image of Cuban and Hispanic communities in the United States.</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 shadow-[0_8px_30px_-12px_rgba(10,30,77,0.25)] p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/1700a7d3-adf5-46b1-9a41-cc2d52885885/face-first-board-meeting.png" alt="Cuban American professionals gathered at the founding of FACE in 1982" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1982</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1982</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">FACE Founded</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Facts About Cuban Exiles is created to defend, preserve, promote, and celebrate the Cuban exile story â countering misrepresentation and elevating Cuban-American achievement.</p><div class="mt-4 inline-block"><span class="text-[9px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55 mb-1.5 block">Original FACE Pamphlet â click to view</span><div class="flex items-start gap-3"><button type="button" class="block cursor-zoom-in" aria-label="Open FACE booklet cover, 1982"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/04abdf0d-464e-4ee0-b190-1cd103e504b7/face-booklet-cover.jpg" alt="FACE booklet cover, 1982" loading="lazy" class="w-16 h-auto rounded border border-navy/10 shadow-sm object-contain bg-white transition-transform duration-300 ease-out hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-lg"/></button><button type="button" class="block cursor-zoom-in" aria-label="Open FACE booklet back, 1982"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/783d5ef5-4070-44a7-bef7-6ee88116a068/face-booklet-back.jpg" alt="FACE booklet back, 1982" loading="lazy" class="w-16 h-auto rounded border border-navy/10 shadow-sm object-contain bg-white transition-transform duration-300 ease-out hover:scale-105 hover:shadow-lg"/></button></div></div></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 shadow-[0_8px_30px_-12px_rgba(10,30,77,0.25)] p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/f38a5433-3ef7-478c-b4ea-a83010aeea1c/festival-1983.png" alt="Festival de las Artes poster for the 1983 Tamiami Park celebration of Cuban art and culture" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1983</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1983</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">FACE Milestones</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Tamiami Park Arts Festival</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">FACE had a major role in the creation of this event, that brought together Cuban artists, writers, and musicians to celebrate their heritage, helping Cuban artists to reestablish 61Â their artistic careers in the United States.</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/de1c2782-fc29-4399-a784-04520a0e2e2b/rafters.jpg" alt="Cuban balseros aboard a homemade raft at sea in 1994" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
61<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1994</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1994</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Rafters Crisis</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Tens of thousands of Cubans flee by raft during a summer of economic collapse. Inspite of the U.S. Coast Guard rescuing thousands of rafters, many drowned at sea prompting the US - Cuba migration accord.  62 63 64*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 348</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/70631ee9-4454-49fa-bb50-661224740608/brothers-to-the-rescue-brightened.webp" alt="Small Brothers to the Rescue aircraft flying over the Florida Straits" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1996</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1996</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Brothers to the Rescue</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Two civilian aircraft operated by the humanitarian group are shot down by Cuban MiGs in international airspace, killing four pilots. 65 66 67*Cuba: A Chronological History p. 351</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/585a485a-bfbe-4a5a-a64e-16c10576c0dc/elian-gonzalez-case.jpg" alt="Armed federal agent seizes Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, April 22, 2000" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover" style="object-position:right center"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1999â2000</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1999â2000</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">U.S.âCuba Relations</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Elián González Case</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">The custody battle over a six-year-old Cuban survivor of a rafting tragedy becomes an international flashpoint over freedom, family, and exile. 68 69 70*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 357</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/cb509100-f120-46af-9988-b21936218835/wetfoot.jpg" alt="U.S. Coast Guard cutter intercepting Cuban migrants at sea" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/>
70<div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">1995â2017</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">1995â2017</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Wet Foot, Dry Foot Policy</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">U.S. policy granting protection to Cubans who reached land while returning those intercepted at sea â repealed in the final days of the Obama administration. 71 72 73*Cuba: A Chronological History, p. 349</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/b2fe8542-350a-4c7a-a525-758a3e167a67/border.jpg" alt="Migrants walking near the U.S. southern border" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">2017â2025</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">2017â2025</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Migration Waves</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Southern Border Migration</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">A new wave of Cuban migration, estimated to be 500,000 to 800,000 people, arrive through the southern U.S. border, reflecting deepening crisis on the island.</p></article></div><div class="relative"><span class="absolute -left-[18px] top-3 size-3 rounded-full bg-red ring-4 ring-white" aria-hidden="true"></span><article class="w-full relative bg-white border border-navy/15 p-6 animate-fade-in" style="animation-delay:0ms"><div class="relative aspect-[4/3] mb-5 overflow-hidden bg-navy" aria-hidden="true"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/2947b52b-a21c-4abe-9669-cd99b68903bb/reunify.jpg" alt="Cuban family embracing during reunion at an airport" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0 h-1/2 bg-gradient-to-t from-black/70 to-transparent"></div><span class="absolute bottom-3 left-3 font-display text-3xl text-white/85 drop-shadow">2007â2025</span></div><div class="flex items-center justify-between mb-3"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">2007â2025</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-navy/55">Policy Changes</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-xl mb-2 text-navy">Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program</h3><p class="text-sm text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">A program enabling U.S. citizens and permanent residents to reunite with eligible family members in Cuba. This program ended December 15, 2025, practically ending Cuban migration to the United States.</p></article></div></div></div><p class="mt-12 whitespace-pre-line text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-navy/50">*SOURCES: CUBA: CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY BY SAM VERDEJA AND LEONARDO RODRIGUEZ, PUBLISED BY FACE, 2011. 74CUBANS: AN EPIC JOURNEY BY SAM VERDEJA AND GUILLERMO MARTINEZ, PUBLISHED BY FACE, 2024.</p><div class="mt-6 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-6"><a href="/our-history" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-7 py-4 bg-navy text-white font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-xs hover:bg-red transition-colors">Explore the Full Timeline <span aria-hidden="true">â</span></a></div><div class="mt-16"><article class="relative bg-white border border-t-4 border-t-[#C8A24B] border-navy/15 shadow-[0_8px_30px_-12px_rgba(10,30,77,0.25)] overflow-hidden"><div class="grid md:grid-cols-2">
74<div class="relative aspect-[4/3] md:aspect-auto md:min-h-[380px] overflow-hidden bg-navy"><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/891ab337-f8fb-48c1-84be-988541459f5d/oral-history-collage-v2.png" alt="Collage of FACE Oral History Project participants" loading="lazy" width="1024" height="768" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover"/><div class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-r from-navy/30 to-transparent" aria-hidden="true"></div></div><div class="p-8 lg:p-12 flex flex-col justify-center"><span class="self-start mb-4 text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-[#C8A24B] bg-navy px-3 py-1.5">Featured Project</span><div class="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-3 mb-4"><span class="font-display text-3xl text-red">2025</span><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-navy/55 border border-navy/15 px-2 py-1">Oral History Project</span></div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl md:text-4xl text-navy mb-4 leading-tight">FACE Oral History Project</h3><p class="text-lg text-navy/75 leading-relaxed mb-6">FACE launches its Oral History Project to preserve the testimonies that define the Cuban exile and Cuban American experience for future generations. Thank you to the Knight Foundation for their generous support. </p><div class="flex flex-wrap gap-3"><a href="/programs/oral-history-project" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-6 py-3 bg-navy text-white text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] hover:bg-red transition-colors">Explore Oral Histories <span aria-hidden="true">â</span></a><a href="/donate" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-6 py-3 border border-navy text-navy text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.18em] hover:bg-navy hover:text-white transition-colors">Support Our Mission</a></div><div class="flex items-center gap-4 border-t border-navy/10 pt-5 mt-8"><span class="text-[10px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] text-navy/50">Supported by</span><img src="/__l5e/assets-v1/071953a7-5542-47b9-baaf-370a7a10fca9/knight-foundation.png" alt="Knight Foundation" loading="lazy" class="h-6 w-auto object-contain"/></div></div></div></article></div></div></section><section class="py-24 lg:py-32 bg-white border-b border-navy/10"><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-6"><div class="grid lg:grid-cols-12 gap-12 mb-16 items-end"><div class="lg:col-span-7"><span class="eyebrow text-red">Our mission</span><h2 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl mt-5 text-navy leading-[1.02]">Four commitments that <span class="text-brand-blue">define our work</span>.</h2></div><p class="lg:col-span-5 text-lg text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">FACE defends, protects, preserves, and celebrates the identity of Cuban exiles and their descendants, so their stories are never lost, distorted, or forgotten.</p></div><div class="grid md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 border-t-2 border-navy"><div class="border-b lg:border-b-0 lg:border-r last:border-r-0 border-navy/15 p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-6"><span class="font-display text-xl text-red">01</span><span class="h-px flex-1 ml-4 bg-navy/15"></span></div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl md:text-4xl text-navy mb-4">Defend</h3><p class="text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Standing for the truth of the Cuban exile experience and the values that brought our community to freedom.</p></div><div class="border-b lg:border-b-0 lg:border-r last:border-r-0 border-navy/15 p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-6"><span class="font-display text-xl text-red">02</span><span class="h-px flex-1 ml-4 bg-navy/15"></span></div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl md:text-4xl text-navy mb-4">Preserve</h3><p class="text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Safeguarding the historical memory, testimonies, and cultural inheritance of more than six decades of exile.</p></div><div class="border-b lg:border-b-0 lg:border-r last:border-r-0 border-navy/15 p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-6"><span class="font-display text-xl text-red">03</span><span class="h-px flex-1 ml-4 bg-navy/15"></span></div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl md:text-4xl text-navy mb-4">Promote</h3><p class="text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Advancing public understanding of the Cuban exile story across media, education, and civic life.</p></div><div class="border-b lg:border-b-0 lg:border-r last:border-r-0 border-navy/15 p-8 lg:p-10"><div class="flex items-baseline justify-between mb-6"><span class="font-display text-xl text-red">04</span><span class="h-px flex-1 ml-4 bg-navy/15"></span></div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl md:text-4xl text-navy mb-4">Celebrate</h3><p class="text-navy/70 leading-relaxed">Recognizing the achievements of Cuban-Americans whose contributions strengthen our nation and our communities.</p></div></div></div></section><section class="py-24 lg:py-32 bg-white"><div class="max-w-7xl mx-auto px-6"><div class="flex flex-wrap items-end justify-between gap-6 mb-16"><div class="max-w-2xl"><span class="eyebrow text-red">Flagship programs</span><h2 class="font-display text-4xl md:text-6xl mt-5 text-navy">Four ways FACE builds <span class="text-brand-blue">the future</span>.</h2></div><a href="/programs" class="inline-flex items-center gap-2 px-6 py-3 border-2 border-navy text-navy font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.15em] text-xs hover:bg-navy hover:text-white transition-colors">All programs â</a></div><div class="grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 lg:gap-8"><a href="/programs/excellence-awards" class="group relative block bg-navy overflow-hidden aspect-[4/3]"><img src="/assets/program-awards-fqYmfeHf.jpg" alt="Excellence Awards" loading="lazy" style="object-position:center top" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover opacity-70 group-hover:opacity-50 group-hover:scale-[1.04] transition-all duration-700"/><div class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-navy via-navy/60 to-transparent"></div><div class="relative h-full flex flex-col justify-between p-8 lg:p-10 text-white"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">01</span><div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl lg:text-4xl mb-4 group-hover:text-red transition-colors">Excellence Awards</h3><p class="text-white/80 max-w-md leading-relaxed">Honoring the Cuban-Americans setting the bar in business, public service, the arts, and beyond.</p><span class="inline-block mt-6 text-[11px] font-bold uppercase tracking-[0.2em] border-b-2 border-red pb-1">Explore â</span></div></div></a><a href="/programs/young-professionals" class="group relative block bg-navy overflow-hidden aspect-[4/3]"><img src="/assets/program-young-pros-k5GqCqZg.jpg" alt="Young Professionals" loading="lazy" style="object-position:center" class="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full object-cover opacity-70 group-hover:opacity-50 group-hover:scale-[1.04] transition-all duration-700"/><div class="absolute inset-0 bg-gradient-to-t from-navy via-navy/60 to-transparent"></div><div class="relative h-full flex flex-col justify-between p-8 lg:p-10 text-white"><span class="font-display text-2xl text-red">02</span><div><h3 class="font-display text-3xl lg:text-4xl mb-4 group-hover:text-red transition-colors">Young Professionals</h3><p class="text-white/80 max-w-md leading-relaxed">Developing 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