"Balseros" translates to "rafters" in English, typically referring to individuals who attempt to leave Cuba by sea, often using makeshift rafts

At least two groups of rafters have arrived in Mexico and are mingling with the local population.

• Redacción de CiberCuba
• 12/11/2024 - 5:31pm

Cuban mother searching for her son who disappeared after leaving by raft for the U.S. in 2023.

• CiberCuba Editorial
• 09/10/2024 - 7:35pm

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

• Tania Costa
• 07/10/2024 - 2:49pm

The U.S. returns 22 Cuban rafters detained near the Florida Keys.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 24/09/2024 - 4:49pm

Advises newly arrived Cubans in the U.S. to be honest: "Leave the burden of communism behind."

• CiberCuba Writing Team
• 03/09/2024 - 5:20pm

At least 142 Cuban rafters have died while attempting to reach the U.S. in 2024.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 31/08/2024 - 4:26pm

U.S. Coast Guard sends 13 Cuban rafters to the Bahamas.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 30/08/2024 - 4:21pm

Speaking from a detention center, the daughter of an 84-year-old Cuban woman who arrived in the U.S. by sea.

• Tania Costa
• 28/08/2024 - 2:49pm

Cuban woman, 84, and her daughter in danger of deportation from the U.S.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 27/08/2024 - 8:26am

84-year-old woman escapes from Cuba in a boat: "There is nothing there."

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 24/08/2024 - 12:02pm

Five Cuban rafters rescued after seven days adrift in the Florida Strait.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 23/08/2024 - 2:31pm

A group of Cubans disembarks from a fishing boat in the Florida Keys.

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

Abandoned vessel of Cuban rafters found on the coast of Mexico.

• CiberCuba Newsroom
• 21/08/2024 - 2:36pm

31 Cuban rafters detained on the coasts of Mexico.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 16/08/2024 - 1:39pm

Two survivors and a body found after a boat capsized with 11 people fleeing Cuba.

• Tania Costa
• 05/08/2024 - 7:29pm

Twenty Cuban rafters spotted near the coasts of Mexico have been detained.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 20/07/2024 - 7:29pm

A group of around twenty Cuban rafters has been spotted navigating through the waters of Mexico.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 20/07/2024 - 1:29pm

Group of 12 rafters intercepted and repatriated to Cuba.

• Editorial Team of CiberCuba
• 17/07/2024 - 8:30am

Two Cuban rafters were rescued on a board with barrels near Mexico.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 13/07/2024 - 3:27pm

A tip-off prevents an illegal departure from Cuba and leads to several arrests in Camajuaní.

• Tania Costa
• 08/07/2024 - 5:17pm

Alexander remembers the Cubans who died at sea: "I feel a great respect."

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 03/07/2024 - 10:55am

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

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

Cuban woman arrested in Miami accused of the death of 16 migrants.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 22/06/2024 - 1:52pm

Cuban Christians document dangerous journey on a raft to Mexico: "600 kilometers by sail"

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 14/06/2024 - 1:14pm

A Cuban among the 32 rafters rescued at sea by the Colombian Navy.

• CiberCuba Editorial team
• 14/06/2024 - 12:47pm

Cuban family reports boat theft by recently arrived rafters in the U.S.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 11/06/2024 - 8:10pm

Border Patrol detains 11 Cubans after landing in Florida.

• CiberCuba Writing
• 11/06/2024 - 1:07pm

Young Cuban reported missing needs immediate rescue at sea.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 03/06/2024 - 10:32am

The United States returns 18 balseros detained in three interceptions in the Florida Straits.

• CiberCuba Editorial Team
• 30/05/2024 - 2:23pm

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

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