'The hope is gone': Why more Cubans than ever are risking their lives to sail to Florida

As Cuba sees the largest and fastest exodus since Fidel Castro took power in 1959, sightings of boat arrivals in the Keys have become common place. “The hope is gone from Cuba," New York Times' Key West-based investigative reporter Frances Robles told the South Florida Roundup. "Even seeing the number of people who die at sea... that is still not stopping people.”

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