Cuban exile
Exiliados cubanos | |
|---|---|
José Martí (center) with Cuban exiles in Key West, 1893 | |
| Total population | |
| Approx. 1.5–2 million (2020s estimate) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| United States, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Canada, Dominican Republic | |
| USA | ~1.3 million |
| Spain | ~150,000 |
| Mexico | ~20,000 |
| Languages | |
| Spanish, English | |
| Religion | |
| Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Santería | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Cuban Americans, Cuban diaspora, Latino communities | |
Numbers are estimations and may include both first-generation exiles and their descendants. | |
A Cuban exile is a person who has been exiled from Cuba. Many Cuban exiles have various differing experiences as emigrants depending on when they emigrated from Cuba, and why they emigrated.
The exile of Cubans has been a dominating factor in Cuban history since the early independence struggles, in which various average Cubans and political leaders spent long periods of time in exile. Long since independence struggles, Miami has become a notable center of residence for exilic Cubans, and a cultural hub of Cuban life outside of Cuba. Miami became a center for Cuban emigrants, during the 1960s, because of a growing Cuban-owned business community which was supportive of recently arrived Cubans.