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Miguel Bezos was born in {{birth based on age as of date|16|1962|7|21|noage=y|mos=y}}<ref name=":22" /><ref name=":1" /> in [[Santiago de Cuba]], Cuba and was brought up with his brother and sister. His father owned a [[Sawmill|lumber mill]] and his mother was a part time shop keeper, selling fabric and infant clothing. His parents were supporters of [[Fidel Castro]] until Castro shifted his political stance towards [[Marxism–Leninism]], seizing the family's lumber business. Bezos' family applied for Miguel to get a refugee visa from the United States.<ref name=":22" /> The application was successful and he departed [[Havana Airport]] for [[Miami]] on July 21,<ref name=":22" /> 1962, aged sixteen.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Circles |date=2023-01-15 |title=One Brave Cuban Boy and Amazon |url=https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=[[Havana Times]] |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206071421/https://havanatimes.org/features/one-brave-cuban-boy-and-amazon/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
Upon arrival in the U.S.United States, Bezos was housed at [[Operation Peter Pan|Camp Matecumbe]] along with about 400 other Cuban refugee children.<ref name=":22" /> Three weeks later,<ref name=":0" /> Bezos and his cousin Angel were relocated to attend a high school in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] and he lived in housing provided by a catholic charitable Catholic organization.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web |date=2017-03-16 |title=Miguel Bezos |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224193058/https://americanhistory.si.edu/family-voices/individuals/miguel-bezos |archive-date=2020-12-24 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=[[National Museum of American History]] |language=en}}</ref>
 
== Adult life ==
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