And Little Havana's population swelled again during six months in 1980, when more than 100,000 Cubans were permitted to leave Castro's island en masse in what came to be called the Mariel Boatlift.

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Over a 130, 000 Cubans have arrived here since 2000, more than during the entire Mariel Boatlift.

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In the 1980s, came the Mariel boatlift when Mr Castro threw 125, 000 people out of the country.

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Then came those who showed up on Miami shores during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980, when Castro allowed everyone who wanted to leave the communist island to go.

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