Cuban Americans are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin.
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Cuban Americans are Americans who trace their cultural heritage to Cuba regardless of phenotype or ethnic origin.
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Cuban Americans are the third largest Hispanic American group in the United States.
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In 1870 the number of Cuban Americans immigrants increased to almost 12, 000, of which about 4, 500 resided in New York City, about 3, 000 in New Orleans and 2, 000 in Key West.
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Between December 1960 and October 1962 more than 14, 000 Cuban children arrived alone in the U S Their parents were afraid that their children were going to be sent to some Soviet bloc countries to be educated and they decided to send them to the States as soon as possible.
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Many Cuban Americans immigrants departed from the southern and western coasts of Cuba and arrived at the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico; many landed on Isla Mujeres.
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In late 1999, U S news media focused on the case of Elian Gonzalez, the six-year-old Cuban boy caught in a custody battle between his relatives in Miami and his father in Cuba.
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The Cuban Americans government agreed to accept the return of Cuban Americans nationals.
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Many Cuban Americans have assimilated themselves into the American culture, which includes Cuban influences.
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Many new South and Central Americans, along with new Cuban refugees, have replaced the Cuban Americans who have relocated elsewhere in Florida and dispersed throughout the nation.
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Cuban Americans have been very successful in establishing businesses and developing political clout in Miami.
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Cuban Americans have contributed to and participated in many areas of American life including academia, business, acting, politics, and literature.
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Cuban Americans are mostly Roman Catholic, but some Cubans practice African traditional religions, which evolved from mixing the Catholic religion with the traditional African religion.
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Cuban Americans Catholicism was influenced by the Catholicism practiced by the Canarian people.
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Cuban Americans food is varied, though rice is a staple and commonly served at lunch and dinner.
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Until the early 2010s, Cuban Americans historically tended to be more Republican than Democratic, thanks to the anti-communist foreign policy platform of the Republican Party since the 1950s.
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Cuban Americans exiles began an alliance with the Republican Party of Florida.
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Median household income for U S -born Cuban Americans is $57, 000, higher than the overall U S median household income of $52, 000.
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However, the median annual personal earnings for foreign born Cuban Americans is $25, 000, which is lower than that of US population at $30, 000.
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These benefits, such as those provided by the Cuban American Act of 1966, have allowed Cuban-Americans to enjoy an easier time of navigating economic obstacles.
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Cuban Americans have served other high-profile government jobs including White House Chief of Staff John H Sununu Mauricio Claver-Carone serves as the President of the Inter-American Development Bank.
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Cuban Americans is one of the most low-profile philanthropists in the Southern States.
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