Miami Mafia
The Miami Mafia is a disparaging caricature of Cuban exiles created by Cuban officials. The notion considers Cuban exiles to be unilaterally politically organized in a feverish effort to overthrow the Cuban government. The label "Miami Mafia" can be used to refer to most or absolutely all of the political activity of Cuban exiles. The caricature of Cuban exile political activity as all being secretly united within the "Miami Mafia", often ignores differences of opinion amongst Cuban exiles, such as some Cuban exiles' desires for peaceful dialogue with Cuba, and other internal debates on U.S. relations with Cuba.
The notion of a "Miami Mafia" was popularized in Cuba after the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft. In the following decade, revolutionary nationalism was strongly promoted by the Cuban government, and used to boost public morale during national crises. This sense of nationalism encompassed heated denouncements of internal opposition, the United States, and Cuban exiles, who were now insultingly titled "the Miami Mafia".
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