In the series "USA to Z," "CBS Mornings" spoke to Cuban refugees who came to the U.S. to escape Fidel Castro's regime for a ...

I peered through the tiny window and bounced in my seat, a cluelessly excited 5-year-old about to take off on her first flight. My grandmother sat next to me, one hand trying to keep me still, the ...

MIAMI — There was nothing atypical about the young man. At the moment in the mid-1960s, he seemed as dazed as every other teenager I had seen walk into "El Refugio," the Spanish moniker for the Cuban ...

On Nov. 6, 1965 — 60 years ago today — the Cuban and U.S. governments agreed to arrange regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families with their loved ones already in the U.S.

HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (UNHCR) - Marie Rose has not wasted her time. The 34-year-old slightly built Burundian has a scroll full of diplomas which she shows with a shy but proud smile. They certify she ...

Cubans use a makeshift boat made out of a 1951 Chevrolet truck with a propeller driven off the drive shaft to escape. While the clock ticks down on Cuba’s communist government, America’s vision for a ...

The ancient town of Perast, Montenegro, nestled amid mountains by the blue waters of the Bay of Kotor, is an idyllic spot for a hotel, but hotel manager Simona Pulcinelli has a problem: she’s ...

It is 4:30 in the morning when 31-year-old Raul rises from his bed. Today, like every day, he is so determined to give his family a better life than the one they experienced back home that he will ...