population of lewistown il Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/population-of-lewistown-il Tue, 17 May 2016 14:49:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 Cubans in Illinois http://travelsfinders.com/cubans-in-illinois.html http://travelsfinders.com/cubans-in-illinois.html#respond Fri, 20 May 2016 12:40:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=204169 The history of Cubans in Illinois is poorly documented. Because of historical and geographical circumstances, Cubans represent a much smaller percentage of Latinos in Illinois. After Fidel Castro’s coup in 1959, Chicago began to see its first significant influx of Cubans, composed of refugees, most of whom were professionals or paraprofessionals. Cubans faced a different issue with their homeland than did Mexicans or Puerto Ricans: chances were that they would not be returning to Cuba because of the political situation there, whereas Puerto Ricans and Mexicans had the option to go back to their respective home countries. However, most in

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