IMPACT
New York's WPIX Action News with Bill Jorgensen and Pat Harper report on United States politicians critique of President Carter's foreign policy with Cuba during Mariel boatlift.
Michael Thompson, USMS (ret), describes his experiences guarding released Cuban prisoners from the Mariel boatlift.
Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded: Marielitos Documentary fragment reports on crime rates in the city of Miami and its connection with the Mariel Cuban refugees.
Jose Garcia, Ph.D, Modern Languages Program Coordinator at Florida Southern gives a presentation organized by the Polk History Center about his documentary "Voices From Mariel." He uses this presentation to explain the documentary's argument against the claim that most refugees were prisoners in Cuba.
Szolodko provides her thoughts on the Mariel boatlift and how it affected Miami. Argues that Mariel strenghten the "Latin American culture of South Florida" and that Mariel "created an important network for later generations and later influxes of other Latin-Americans."