Drinking In History With La Marielita Rum

<p>Nearly 43 years ago, a mass immigration of Cubans travelled from Mariel Harbor near Havana to the United States, known as the Mariel Boatlift. <br/><br/>The exodus, which happened over several months, saw more than 125,000 Cubans make the journey across the Florida Straits. <br/><br/>One of those people was a six-year-old girl, Janet Diaz-Bonilla, who travelled with her parents towards a new life. But it was a journey that would impact not only Janet&apos;s life, but also, the fabric of her adopted homeland. <br/><br/>While many have looked back on these journeys to freedom through art writing, Janet, a writer herself, decided to tell her story through liquid, releasing La Marielita to rum at the end of last year. <br/><br/>To find out more, we talked to Janet about perception, legacy, and how liquid can really tell stories in a very new way.</p>