WPR Reports: Uprooted, Episode 1 -- From Cuba to Oktoberfest

Описание: Enrique Moré has roots in La Crosse. He's been a part of the city's music scene for decades, most notably playing with Mr. Blink. Wisconsin is his home. But it didn't feel much like home when he first got here, when he was one of a handful of Cubans to settle in La Crosse after arriving in 1980 as part of the Mariel Boatlift.

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Many of these new refugees were young, Black men and had been labeled criminals by the Cuban government. Like Armando Rodriguez, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in Cuban juvenile detention for smoking a joint. He was just 16 years old when he arrived at Fort McCoy in Sparta, Wisconsin in 1980.

Most Cubans who passed through Fort McCoy left Wisconsin after connecting with family or finding sponsors. But some people, like Rodriguez and Moré, have remained in southern Wisconsin in places such as La Crosse, Sparta and Madison. There are hundreds of Cuban refugees in Wisconsin who have built lives as bus drivers, fathers, and musicians.

Theme music: Bozo (Part III) by Willy Chirino. Additional music by La Familia Valera Miranda.

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