Cubans Shut Out by Trump Ditch Miami for Brazil’s Deep South

Cubans have long navigated perilous jungles or shark-infested waters to flee deprivation and repression and reach the US. But as the Trump administration closes America’s doors, migrants from the Caribbean island have forged a new escape route to Brazil’s deep south.

With President Donald Trump’s aggressive clampdown roiling migration patterns across the hemisphere, the top destination for outbound Cubans is no longer along Florida’s shores. Instead of Miami they’re flocking to Curitiba, in Brazil’s farm country.

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The leafy Brazilian city was founded by European migrants centuries ago in one of the wealthiest patches of ...