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Florida and the city started to grow. It was the age of Disco and it appeared that the party would not cease.

The year 1980 was a pivotal year with the Mariel Boatlift and the arrival of more refugees. Mariel was cused by the same dictator Castro who saw increasing discontent while Carter saw more labour. Castro sent refugees with people from prisons while Carter opened the doors. It appeared that Miami was destroyed for good. Many people wandered if Miami would regain its luster.

In Miami Florida, the programme Miami Vice and one of the guest star actress in the show from Cuba called Marilyn Romero proved that this was not to be the case. Miami Florida continued to grow until it has become the international city that it is today.

In the entertainment field, Miami has Cuban American Artists such as Maria Lourdes and Nil Lara who continue to entertain the people. The city of Miami Florida also had artists such as Miami Sound Machine, Gloria Estefan, Lili Estefan, Maria Laria, Lourdes Ruiz Toledo, Hansel and Raul, Rolando Barral, Paquito D Rivera, Rolando Lasserie, Willy Chirino, Carlos Oliva, and Albita who have given so much to the culture of their city. Another example has been the poet Pedro Pablo Perez Santiesteban.

The City of Miami Florida has also been witness to other artists from Cuba such as Marilyn Romero, Ana Carballosa, Iliana Gonzalez, Alvarez Guedes, Blanca Rosa Gil, Emiliano Diez, Steve Bauer, Ana Margo, Susy Leman, Yamilet Machin, Iliana Garcia, Tito Hernandez, Severino Puente, and Armando Roblan.

More Cuban artists such Alberto Gonzalez, Maribel Gonzalez, Ernesto Morejon, Alina Internian, Natacha Amador, Tres Patines, Gustavo Laborie, Larry Villanueva, and Jorge Ovies who have delighted people in theater. Marta Perez, Olga Guillot, and Adita Linares have been other Cubans who have contributed to the enrichment of Miami Culture with Classical Cuban Zarzuelas and Music.

Who cannot forget stores and restuarant such as Farmacia Cardenas, Sentir Cubano, Lily's Records, Versailles, Casa Yglesias, La Tacita, Maxiloly, Casa Panza, and El Pub? Who cannot forget the Health Care Profession such as J.Enrique Sueiro, Hugo Rosen, Pedro Meclhor, Florentino Dominguez, Dr. Milanes, Marilyn Reyes-Yera, Vivian Cuevas, Magdalena Limia, Ana Duyos, Cibeles Vidaud, Marilyn San Juan Horvath, Ramon Boza, Camille Gonzalez, Andres Vasquez, Susana Prieto, Jacqueline Junco, Frederick Nin, Federico Nin, Saida Gamez, Marino Lopez-Blanco, and Patricia Rosa? What about a Librarian whose name is Monica Bamio-Aparicio?

Who cannot forget the Administrative People who have contributed to Miami Florida such as Luis Gonzalez and Roberto Pique or the architects and designers such as Gerardo Gonzalez? What about the journalists such as Myrka de Llanos, Ricardo Brown, Nara Roza, Arnaldo Roza, Yossie Galindo, Alejandra Molina, Feliz Guillermo, Carines Moncada, Lisette Mari, Eliot Rodriguez, Maria Elvira Salazar, and Ana Azcuy? All of them live in Miami Florida, contributed to its history, and are Cuban either by birth, blood, and/or soul.

Many of them helped in the construction of a new Miami before the arrival of other countries from Latin America and their work has been marginalized by others such as the minority of the same Latin Americans or other ethnic groups.

What would be of Miami Florida today if all of the Cubans left? It would be the same thing if everyone were to do the same thing.

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