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Cuban Historian Reflects on Family, Identity, and Miracles
10/1/2025
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Story summary
- Carlos Eire, a Yale historian, recounts his journey from Cuba to the United States during Operation Peter Pan, noting family separation.
- He links identity across Waiting for Snow in Havana and They Flew: A History of the Impossible, which covers miracles.
- Eire critiques Castro's regime and the Hispanic experience in America, highlighting the tension between skepticism and openness to mystery.