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Operation Peter PanOperation Peter Pan, which took place between 1960 and 1962, was an operation coordinated by the CIA and Cuban dissidents in which over 14,000 children were sent away from their families in Cuba, some never to reunite again. In general, the parents of these children were opposed to the Cuban Revolution and for various reasons, were themselves unable to leave the island. Pan Am flights took the children to Miami, Florida, which was referred to as "Never-Never Land," and the children became known as the "Peter Pans." Singer Tori Amos wrote a song about the incident, by the same name/title, which was available as a B-side to the limited edition release of her single "A Sorta Fairytale." In it she expounds on the tragedy of the situation by using metaphor from the original Peter Pan story. The line "Second to the right, straight on 'til morning" comes directly from J. M. Barrie's novel; these are the directions on how to get to "Never Never Land." External link * http://cubasocialista.com/peterpan.htm
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