Andy Garcia

So that's when most people, if they could get out at that time, said, you can take our house, you can take our business, you can nationalize everything, you can take our money because you changed the monetary standards, but you're not going to take our children's minds. And that was mostly the early exiles left for that reason.

So that's when most people, if they could get out at that time, said, you can take our house, you can take our business, you can nationalize everything, you can take our money because you changed the monetary standards, but you're not going to take our children's minds. And that was mostly the early exiles left for that reason.

You know, right. It's so nice that people say, oh, Cuba is a paradise or Cuba. Why is nobody going over that way? You know? Yeah. And, you know, and then that time there was the Pedro Pan Exodus where 14,000 unaccompanied children were sent because the parents, they couldn't get the parents out, but they would forge passports through the archdiocese and Monsignor Walsh and people in Cuba.

You know, right. It's so nice that people say, oh, Cuba is a paradise or Cuba. Why is nobody going over that way? You know? Yeah. And, you know, and then that time there was the Pedro Pan Exodus where 14,000 unaccompanied children were sent because the parents, they couldn't get the parents out, but they would forge passports through the archdiocese and Monsignor Walsh and people in Cuba.

And they would send their children maybe never to see them again. That's how desperate they were. You know, it pisses you off still. Oh, yeah. You know, they've stolen the freedom of the Cuban people, you know, for now 64 years. I think it's like 64 years.

And they would send their children maybe never to see them again. That's how desperate they were. You know, it pisses you off still. Oh, yeah. You know, they've stolen the freedom of the Cuban people, you know, for now 64 years. I think it's like 64 years.

My mother and the kids, we came first with my with my father's mother. So with my mother, my brother, my sister and my grandmother on my father's side. My father came about a month and a half later, but we got to the airport and my mother bought a dime to call her brother that was always over here, and my godfather who was also here. He called one or the other.

My mother and the kids, we came first with my with my father's mother. So with my mother, my brother, my sister and my grandmother on my father's side. My father came about a month and a half later, but we got to the airport and my mother bought a dime to call her brother that was always over here, and my godfather who was also here. He called one or the other.

I think it was their brother who had come a little earlier. And they were living right there in that area, on 84th and Harding, their little apartment. And we got there and went into a little motel, and you pay by the week. Sometimes she was able to scrounge that week's payment. And then my father came, and he was going to go back again trying to...

I think it was their brother who had come a little earlier. And they were living right there in that area, on 84th and Harding, their little apartment. And we got there and went into a little motel, and you pay by the week. Sometimes she was able to scrounge that week's payment. And then my father came, and he was going to go back again trying to...

and do the best he can to get some things out of Cuba. And we got a call from my mother's grandparents, who were not out yet, saying, don't come back. They've come to look for you, you know. So we began. We began. I know his first job, it was at Defount Blue for a while and janitorial. And he just began. We just began to build our life, you know. And we stayed in that area, North Beach.

and do the best he can to get some things out of Cuba. And we got a call from my mother's grandparents, who were not out yet, saying, don't come back. They've come to look for you, you know. So we began. We began. I know his first job, it was at Defount Blue for a while and janitorial. And he just began. We just began to build our life, you know. And we stayed in that area, North Beach.

From there, you know, after a little bit, we gathered a little money. We got into a little bit bigger place. as opposed to just a little motel efficiency. Then we moved to an area called Biscayne, just outside of Biscayne Point, around Crespi Park, Crespi Boulevard. It's a little park. And we started going to school, Biscayne Elementary, then Nautilus Junior High, and then Miami Beach Senior High.

From there, you know, after a little bit, we gathered a little money. We got into a little bit bigger place. as opposed to just a little motel efficiency. Then we moved to an area called Biscayne, just outside of Biscayne Point, around Crespi Park, Crespi Boulevard. It's a little park. And we started going to school, Biscayne Elementary, then Nautilus Junior High, and then Miami Beach Senior High.

And then by then, I moved to Norman the Isle, And from Normandy Isle, I went to college at Miami Dade South for two years, and then I went to FIU for the final.

And then by then, I moved to Norman the Isle, And from Normandy Isle, I went to college at Miami Dade South for two years, and then I went to FIU for the final.

In those days, it was a two-year school. And I went into the theater department there, and then from there I came to La La Land.

In those days, it was a two-year school. And I went into the theater department there, and then from there I came to La La Land.

Well, we lived in, like I said, in 84th and Harding. The motel is still there. It's called the Duchess. It's a little pink, kind of pinkish, little U-shaped. And they have this little efficiency. You walk into a little living room, a little bedroom, and a little, like, what do they call it? What do they call it? A kitchenette kind of thing. A hot plate and whatever it was.

Well, we lived in, like I said, in 84th and Harding. The motel is still there. It's called the Duchess. It's a little pink, kind of pinkish, little U-shaped. And they have this little efficiency. You walk into a little living room, a little bedroom, and a little, like, what do they call it? What do they call it? A kitchenette kind of thing. A hot plate and whatever it was.