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Displacement Theory
Hermanos al Rescate (“Brothers to the Rescue”) was a nonprofit air force founded by Cuban emigres who settled in Miami after fleeing Fidel Castro’s regime. The organization patrolled the Florida Straits in search of Cuban refugees attempting to travel to Florida aboard crudely fashioned boats. They would then forward the refugees’ coordinates to the Coast Guard to ensure that they reached land safely. In 1996, the Cuban Air Force shot down two Hermanos al Rescate planes, resulting in the deaths of all onboard. The event was a major scandal, and the public eventually learned that Cuban counterintelligence agents positioned within U.S. security were involved in the mission.
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Hermanos al Rescate Term Timeline in Talking to Strangers
The timeline below shows where the term Hermanos al Rescate appears in Talking to Strangers. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter Three: The Queen of Cuba
...journey. In response to the refugee crisis, Cuban emigres living in Miami formed Hermanos al Rescate (“Brothers to the Rescue”), an air force of single-engine planes that patrolled the Florida Straits...
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...government and the emigres, culminating in Cuban Air Force fighters shooting down two Hermanos al Rescate planes, killing all four people onboard. At a press conference, President Bill Clinton and the...
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...asked what would happen if they were to shoot down one of the Hermanos al Rescate planes. When Carroll’s group relayed this concerning information to the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),...
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...Washington insider (Carroll) just so happened to disclose Cuba’s hypothetical plans to shoot down the Rescate planes the day before the air strike occurred? Furthermore, is it also a mere coincidence...
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...of evidence pointing to this conclusion was that Cuba had a source inside Hermanos al Rescate, a pilot, Juan Pablo Roque, who suspiciously disappeared before the attack, only to later reappear...
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