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| Part of the Cuban exodus | |
 Cuban refugees exiting a Freedom Flight in Miami. | |
| Date | 1965 – 1973 |
|---|---|
| Location |  Cuba
 United States |
| Cause | Dangers of the Camarioca boatlift |
| Budget | $12,000,000 |
| Organised by | Government of Cuba Government of the United States |
| Participants | 300,000 Cuban refugees |
| Outcome |
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Freedom Flights (known in Spanish as Los vuelos de la libertad) transported Cubans to Miami twice daily, five times per week from 1965 to 1973.[1][2][3] Its budget was about $12 million and it brought an estimated 300,000 refugees, making it the "largest airborne refugee operation in American history."[1][4][5] The Freedom Flights were an important and unusual chapter of cooperation in the history of Cuban-American foreign relations, which is otherwise characterized by mutual distrust. The program changed the ethnic makeup of Miami and fueled the growth of the Cuban-American enclave there.
- ^ a b Anton, Alex; Hernandez, Roger (2002). Cubans in America. New York: Kensington Books.
- ^ Philipson, Lorrin; Llerena, Rafael (1980). Freedom Flights. New York: Random House. ISBN 9780394511054.
- ^ "Cuba Refugees Land in US; First Since May". Los Angeles Times. Miami, FL. December 12, 1972.
- ^ Eire, Carlos; Montaner, Carlos; Ojito, Mirta; Pintado, Carlos; Yanez, Luisa (2010). The Exile Experience. Miami: HCP/Aboard Publishing.
- ^ "The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966: Mirando por los ojos de Don Quijote o Sancho Panza?". Harvard Law Review. 114 (3). 2001.