Some Cuban emigrants choose to head back home – Whether for financial or family reasons or just plain homesickness, a growing number of Cuban emigrants are returning to the island. From: miamiherald.com

Jorge’s friends at work call him the “Sixth Hero.”

Folks here figure Jorge must be the secret spy who got away. Why else would he have returned to Cuba after living in the United States for six years? The ”sixth hero” reference relates to the five Cuban intelligence agents the Cuban government nicknamed ”the Five Heroes” who are serving long U.S. prison sentences.

Despite the freedom Jorge enjoyed and the ability to earn a better living as a school custodian in Miami Beach, Jorge returned to Cuba in 2002 to face a government that mistrusted him, a year of probation and friends who assume he is a member of the intelligence service. He said he is one of a growing number of émigrés who after years of living abroad yearn for the sounds and familiarity of home.

So they pack a few things and return to a country where they might make in a month what they used to earn in an hour.”*

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