Abstract

This chapter assesses the impact of the lingering economic crisis and the U.S. embargo on contemporary Cuban migration to the United States. During the Special Period the Cuban exodus increased substantially and diversified its destinations. In the short and medium term emigration will probably continue because of Cuba's economic difficulties and the strength of transnational kinship networks. A new wave of mass migration from Cuba to the United States is the most likely scenario for the near future, although not the most desirable one. The combination of the economic crisis and the U.S. embargo accelerated the Cuban diaspora since 1989. Cuban scholars have found that material deprivation and family reunification became the primary motives for leaving the country during the Special Period. Scholars based in the United States have insisted that economic scarcity aggravated political dissatisfaction with the Cuban government.

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