"Balsero" translates to "rafters" in English, typically referring to individuals who undertake risky journeys by sea on makeshift rafts, often in the context of migration

At least two groups of balseros have arrived in Mexico and have integrated with the local population.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 12/11/2024 - 5:31pm

Cuban balsero who spent a month at sea recounts how three travel companions died.

• Tania Costa
• 07/10/2024 - 2:49pm

Cuban woman, 84, and her daughter at risk of deportation from the U.S.

• Writing by CiberCuba
• 27/08/2024 - 8:26am

A group of Cubans lands on a fishing boat in Florida Keys.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 22/08/2024 - 9:05am

Border Patrol detains a group of 15 Cuban migrants after landing in Key West.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 01/07/2024 - 3:27pm

Emotional farewell to Cubans fleeing by boat: "May God be with you!"

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 30/05/2024 - 1:48pm

U.S. Coast Guard returns 19 rafters to Cuba.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 20/04/2024 - 6:18am

29 raftsmen who arrived on the shores of Florida with a baby at the beginning of the year have been released.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 05/03/2024 - 10:44am

The United States repatriates six Cuban rafters captured near the Florida Keys.

• CiberCuba Newsroom
• 16/01/2024 - 12:02pm

A group of 10 Cuban rafters has been detained after arriving on the shores of Jamaica.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 08/01/2024 - 7:11am

Three Cuban rafters detained after landing near Key West.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 29/11/2023 - 8:49am

A group of 28 Cuban migrants was intercepted in Bahamian waters.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 29/09/2023 - 2:03pm

Man from Florida arrested for attempting to cross the Atlantic in a hamster wheel.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 07/09/2023 - 1:28pm

Cubans are escaping the country in a boat from Pinar del Río, in full view of the military.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 27/06/2023 - 9:00am

Cuban rafters: 11 adults and two minors arrive at Dry Tortugas National Park.

• CiberCuba Editorial Staff
• 30/05/2023 - 11:49am

They are requesting the release of a Cuban rafter rescued by a cruise ship who lost his credible fear interview.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 20/04/2023 - 11:00am

They are searching for twins who left Cuba on a raft along with another dozen people.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 05/04/2023 - 10:56am

Cuban mother seeks help in locating her son who attempted to flee by raft.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 05/04/2023 - 7:59am

Cuban rafters refuse to be rescued by cruise ship: They only ask for water and food.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 25/03/2023 - 5:59am

Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Cuban Raftman

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 23/03/2023 - 7:29am

Relatives in Cuba of rafters rescued south of Key West plead for information.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 22/03/2023 - 9:20am

U.S. Coast Guard rescues 28 rafts and searches for one missing person.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 21/03/2023 - 1:21pm

Cubans in a group of migrants arrived by boat in Palm Beach.

• CiberCuba Editorial Staff
• 10/03/2023 - 10:56am

Bahamas Returns 128 Raft People to Cuba

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 03/03/2023 - 12:53pm

A woman who was almost killed by her ex-husband in Cuba is facing the threat of deportation from the Naval Base.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 15/02/2023 - 6:03am

About twenty Cuban rafters arrive in Honduras after several days at sea.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 09/02/2023 - 2:19pm

Body of missing Cuban balsero found after Cárdenas shipwreck

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 29/01/2023 - 12:15pm

"The pain is immense," says a Cuban raft survivor of the Cárdenas shipwreck.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 28/01/2023 - 10:30am

U.S. Coast Guard rescues two Cubans in a Bahamian cay.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 24/01/2023 - 1:41pm

Cuban balsero denounces mistreatment in Bahama prison: "I would have preferred to have drowned in the sea."

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 19/01/2023 - 9:49am