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¿Cómo Volveremos?: Politics of Return in the Cuban Diaspora 

This digital project was created by Eluney González during his participation in the 2026 Bob Graham Center Gulf Scholars and Smathers Libraries Latin American & Caribbean Collection Spring Internship.  A vintage magazine cover from EL MUNDO ¡EXTRA!, a magazine edited in exile which offered a degree of optimism for exiles hoping a speedy return to Cuba. In retrospect,…

2026 Research Travel Grants open!

The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies is sponsoring Library Travel Research Grants for Spring & Summer 2026. Their call for this year is open, with applications being accepted until April 12, 2026. All travel must be completed by August 13, 2026. The grants are to enable…

Transnational Afrocubanos: Co-ethnic Cuban Identity & Divergence

This digital project was created by Chalisa Budhai during her participation in the 2025 Bob Graham Center Gulf Scholar and Latin American & Caribbean Collection Fall Internship. A political cartoon showing a black man tempted to use racism as a weapon (a knife) to kill the Cuba nation, represented as…

Emilio Cueto and Cuban Collections

Emilio Cueto is a Cuban American collector, musicographer, and independent scholar, holding one of the largest private collections of Cuban memorabilia. He has collaborated with the Libraries for several years to publish books and host public events. In The Footsteps of José Martí Around The World In The Footsteps of…