Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Latin Times
Latin Times
Politics
Mateo Moreno

Cuban Migration to Brazil Surges Past 90,000 as Trump's Cuba Blockade Closes the Path North

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) speaks with the Cuban ambassador to Brazil, Victor Manuel Cairo Palomo, during a ceremony to present credentials to the new foreign ambassadors in Brazil, at the Planalto Palace, in Brasilia on May 6, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP via Getty Images)

Doral living rooms that once fixed their attention on the Florida Straits are now tracking a different map entirely. As Washington's pressure campaign against Havana has shut nearly every legal door north, thousands of Cubans are boarding flights to South America instead, then trekking across the Amazon frontier into Brazilian territory — turning a migration corridor that used to run almost exclusively toward Florida into one that increasingly ends in São Paulo or Paraná.

A Surge Compressed Into Months

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.