Professor recounts exodus from Cuba - Lehigh University

“Professor Ricardo Viera of the art and architecture department shared stories about Operation Pedro Pan, a little known part of Cuban-American history, during a presentation for Hispanic Heritage month on Sept. 17 in Maginnes Hall.

The presentation featured two of Lehigh’s professors and a short video. Professor Antonio Prieto of the modern language and literature department explained the history leading up to Operation Pedro Pan.

Operation Pedro Pan was the movement of 14,000 unaccompanied minors out of communist Cuba to Miami during the early 1960s partially funded by the U.S. government. “

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