'''Operation Peter Pan''', which took place between [[1960]] and [[1962]], was aan operation coordinated by the [[CIA]] operationand 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 either opposed to the [[Cuban Revolution]] or mesleaded by subverted by [[black propaganda]] but,and for various reasons, were themselves unable to leave the island. The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] and the [[United States Department of State|U.S. State Department]] spreaded false claims that the government were planning to take over the Patria Potestad of their children. [[Pan American World Airways|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."
This has been one of the most effective counter-intelligence meassures plotted by the CIA.
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."
