“If someone didn’t live through it, didn’t experience it, they would know nothing about it,” a man I interviewed for another project once told me, referring to a place and time that held deep meaning for him. What can those of us who’ve never been to Guantánamo know about it? There’s knowledge derived from reading…

Video produced by University of Miami students Dong Kyu Lee and Laken Garcia. Translated by Frank Leon, Jennifer Aroch, and Laken Nardo. Sergio Lastres, an artist and former Cuban refugee at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, reflects on his time at GTMO. The University of Miami is participating in the Guantánamo Public Memory…

Video produced by University of Miami students Noah DeBonis and Noelis Márquez.   From 1994-1995, Conrado Basulto spent nine months as a refugee at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay. He shares his story in the video above.   The University of Miami is participating in the Guantánamo Public Memory Project‘s National Dialogue and…

Video produced by University of Miami students Kenneth Rubi and Monica Duran. Interview conducted by Monica Duran.   Stephanie Scott, Ph.D. is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. A former Peace Corps member, Scott volunteered as a social worker at the refugee camps at the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo…

On July 26, 2012, Cuba held its annual Revolution Day ceremonies. In an apparently impromptu speech at a gathering in the city of Guantánamo, President Raúl Castro announced willingness to enter into talks with the United States. A State Department spokesman responded by calling for the easing of Castro’s authoritarian rule. Repeating the Cuban government…

Video produced by Debbie Rolf. My project focused on the time period where Cuban rafters were the primary occupants of the Guantánamo Bay naval base. I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Eugenio M. Rothe about his experiences treating Cuban refugee children. I was floored by the level of psychological damage that these children endured.…