About 300 U.S. citizens stranded in Cuba since Havana suspended regular air travel earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic were repatriated on two charter flights on Friday.
Passengers arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, April 24, 2020 to take a charter flight to Miami. REUTERS/Stringer
“I thought I was going to have to stay here for a long time, for many months,” said Rodolfo Díaz, 45, who went to live in the United States 15 years ago and was visiting family. “I’m crazy excited about returning home,” said Carlos Villar, 29, who moved to Florida 12 years ago, at Havana’s international airport on Friday. “I know there’s a lot of risk there, but home is home.”
Cuba suspended regular international air travel at the start of the month in a bid to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
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