In the 41 years since Fidel Castro took power, some 300,000 people, or 4% of Cuba's entire population, have fled the country. And still they flee.
Last week, in the biggest mass escape yet, 91 more Cubanstaxi drivers, doctors, government employees, house wives and children were resting safely in Mexico after a harrowing four-day journey across the Caribbean.
The refugees started laying their plans last May. For a boat, they decided to expropriate an 85-ft. government lighthouse tender, the H-11, and quickly enlisted the aid of the captain. On the appointed...
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