Cuban Americans

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diaspora community ethnic group

Cuban Americans are U.S. residents of Cuban origin or descent, many of whom settled in South Florida, known for their strong cultural, political, and economic influence, particularly in the Miami metropolitan area.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	diaspora community → ethnic group →
concentratedIn	Florida → Miami metropolitan area → South Florida →
countryOfOrigin	Cuba →
countryOfResidence	United States →
culturalCenter	Miami →
culturalPractice	Cuban cuisine in the United States → Cuban music in the United States → Cuban salsa and dance traditions →
culturalSymbol	Cuban coffee culture in Miami → Cuban sandwich →
demographicGroupOf	Miami-Dade County →
diasporaFrom	Havana → Santiago de Cuba →
ethnicIdentity	Cuban →
fieldOfActivity	U.S. politics → arts and entertainment → business in South Florida → sports →
haveOrganization	Cuban American National Foundation → Cuban Liberty Council →
heritageLanguage	Cuban Spanish →
historicalMigrationWave	Balseros (rafters) of the 1990s → Freedom Flights → Mariel boatlift → post-1959 Cuban Revolution exiles →
knownFor	entrepreneurship in South Florida → influence in Miami media and radio → strong anti-communist stance among exile generations →
languageUsed	English → Spanish →
largestCommunityIn	Miami, Florida →
nationalIdentity	American →
notableNeighborhood	Hialeah, Florida → Little Havana →
politicalInfluenceIn	Florida politics → U.S. Cuba policy →
politicalOrientation	generally conservative among early exile generations →
religion	Judaism → Protestantism → Roman Catholicism → Santería →
significantPopulationIn	California → New Jersey → New York → Texas →
subclassOf	Hispanic and Latino Americans →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cuban American National Foundation → Cuban Liberty Council ("Cuban American") →	ethnicFocus
Mariel boatlift →	affectedCommunity
Little Havana ("Cuban American") →	ethnicCommunity
JoAnna Garcia Swisher ("Cuban American") →	ethnicOrigin
Florida →	hasSignificantPopulationGroup
Hispanic and Latino Americans →	majorSubgroup
Freedom Flights ("Cuban exile community in Miami") →	notableDestinationCommunity
Hialeah, Florida →	notableEthnicGroup
Freedom Flights →	receivingPopulation
Helms–Burton Act ("Cuban-American exile groups") →	supportedBy