2/9/11 Operation Pedro Pan: Fifty Years after the Exodus its Origins and Legacy

The Latin American and  Latino Studies Program at UIC* presents

Operation Pedro Pan: Fifty Years after the Exodus its Origins and Legacy


Presented by : *María de los Angeles Torres*


This talk will explore the history and legacy of Operation Pedro Pan, a U.S.
governmentsponsored program that brought over 14,000 unaccompanied Cuban
minors to the United States between December 1960 and October 1962.  This
winter marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beginnings of this program.
This still little known chapter of American history continues to capture the
imagination of journalists and filmmakers even as the emotional individual
stories unfold in the contentious divides of the Cold War.



Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 12:00 p.m.

University Hall 1550, 601 South Morgan


María de los Angeles Torres is a professor and the Director of the Latin
American and LatinoStudies Program at UIC. She is the author of The Lost
Apple: Operation Pedro Pan, Cuban Children in the U.S., and the Promise of a
Better Future ; In the Land of Mirrors: Cuban Exile Politics in the United
States and the editor of By Heart / De Memoria: Cuban Women’s Journey In and
Out of Exile.


Bring your brown bag lunch and  we will provide refreshments.  This event is
free and open  to the general public. For more information or to rsvp please
call LALS at 312-996-2445.
Marta Elena Ayala
Community Affairs Specialist
University of Illinois at Chicago
Latin American and Latino Studies Program
(MC 219)
601 S. Morgan Street -   UH 1525
Chicago, IL  60607
(312) 996-2445   (312) 996-1796