Location
Fishing Village 30 Miles South of Havana
A shabby coastal hamlet crouches thirty miles south of Havana, its corrugated roofs and salt-darkened wood leaning toward a cluttered shoreline. Narrow dirt lanes slope to patched piers where weathered boats sit or are hurriedly mended with scrap; diesel and gull cries hang in humid air. Families move with tense, quiet urgency—last-minute provisions clutched, faces set against exile. The village functions as the desperate departure point that turns abstract policy into immediate humanitarian consequence.
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Bicycle Joke, Cuban Boats — A Pivot from PR to Crisis
The fishing village 30 miles south of Havana is identified as the refugees' point of origin; it concretizes the humanitarian backstory and anchors the boats' desperation in a specific, distant community.
Atmosphere
Not onstage but evoked as desperate and improvised — salt, crowded piers, urgent departure.
Functional Role
Geographic origin of the refugee flotilla and moral catalyst for action.
Symbolic Significance
Represents displacement and the human consequence of Cuban conditions.
Humid seaside village (implied)
Makeshift boats and hurried departures
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