Derechos Humanos

Human Rights

CUBAN MANGER / PESEBRE CUBANO
1994

This artifact was used in detention camps for Cuban migrant children of various ages as a bed and play pen. It is a testimony of the difficult physical and psychological living conditions under which the Cuban migrants lived.

All children detained are considered innocent victims of the politics between the tyrant in Havana and the American government in Washington. As the latter begins to recognize the humanitarian needs of the Cuban migrants, specifically the children rafters, may this artifact be a testimonial to the fortitude of the Cuban people, their unity in time of crisis, and the high price paid by them in their quest for liberty, the full dignity of man, justice and self determination.

Presented by the Carlos J. Finlay Medical Society. January, 1995