Ruz and her husband, former sugar mill owner Eduardo Ulacia, settled in Kendall after a 9-year stay in Spain, where she also found the sandwich.

Luz Maria Collazo was Cuba’s first black model, a virtuoso of modern dance and star of the film “Soy Cuba” (I am Cuba) — a flop in its time now considered a classic.

His teacher in the small Cuban city of Cardenas describes him as modest, down-to-earth and a role model for his classmates. "Elián Gonzalez is very humane, supportive and takes on ...