Michael J Bustamante
@mjbusta.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of History and Cuban Studies Chair, Univ. Miami | Dir. Academic Programs, Cuban Heritage Collection | Cuban Memory Wars '21 | The Rev. from W/in '19 | Opinions my own.
We've extended the deadline for the 2026-2027 Goizueta Graduate Fellowships @umchc.bsky.social to Feb 20.
If you're a grad student in the US working on Cuba-focused or Cuba-adjacent topics, apply!
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
If you're a grad student in the US working on Cuba-focused or Cuba-adjacent topics, apply!
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Applications | The Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowships 2026-2027 | Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries
Apply online by February 20, 2026
mailchi.mp
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
We've extended the deadline for the 2026-2027 Goizueta Graduate Fellowships @umchc.bsky.social to Feb 20.
If you're a grad student in the US working on Cuba-focused or Cuba-adjacent topics, apply!
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
If you're a grad student in the US working on Cuba-focused or Cuba-adjacent topics, apply!
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide. n.pr/49xRXVf
Autopsy finds Cuban immigrant in ICE custody died of homicide due to asphyxia
A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 6:23 AM
A Cuban migrant held in solitary confinement at an immigration detention facility in Texas died after guards held him down, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday that ruled the death a homicide. n.pr/49xRXVf
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"He has repatriated > 1,600 Cubans in 2025. Legal immigration has also been cut. Trump enacted a travel ban, including Cuba, & ended a family reunification program. Officials are rejecting visa applications. The admin paused all Cuban immigration cases: naturalization, residency & asylum."
January 20, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"He has repatriated > 1,600 Cubans in 2025. Legal immigration has also been cut. Trump enacted a travel ban, including Cuba, & ended a family reunification program. Officials are rejecting visa applications. The admin paused all Cuban immigration cases: naturalization, residency & asylum."
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
“When Trump claimed that Biden had misused parole authority many Cubans reassured themselves: Trump isn’t talking about us. He’ll target the criminals and the gangs for deportation. We still have the Cuban Adjustment Act. He owes Cuban Americans our votes.”
Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity? - Public Books
Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
www.publicbooks.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“When Trump claimed that Biden had misused parole authority many Cubans reassured themselves: Trump isn’t talking about us. He’ll target the criminals and the gangs for deportation. We still have the Cuban Adjustment Act. He owes Cuban Americans our votes.”
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
My new essay for @publicbooks.bsky.social on the Cuban-American community's response so far to the current administration's crackdown on historic numbers of recent Cuban migrants with irregular or provisional status.
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity? - Public Books
Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
www.publicbooks.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My new essay for @publicbooks.bsky.social on the Cuban-American community's response so far to the current administration's crackdown on historic numbers of recent Cuban migrants with irregular or provisional status.
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
Michael J. Bustamante (@mjbusta.bsky.social) explores the past and present of the Cuban Americans who voted overwhelmingly for Trump—and who are now mostly silent as his administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity? - Public Books
Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
www.publicbooks.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Michael J. Bustamante (@mjbusta.bsky.social) explores the past and present of the Cuban Americans who voted overwhelmingly for Trump—and who are now mostly silent as his administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
My new essay for @publicbooks.bsky.social on the Cuban-American community's response so far to the current administration's crackdown on historic numbers of recent Cuban migrants with irregular or provisional status.
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
Will Cuban Americans Choose Trumpism, or Solidarity? - Public Books
Voting overwhelmingly for Trump, Cuban Americans are now mostly silent as the new administration cracks down on all migrants, including Cubans.
www.publicbooks.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
My new essay for @publicbooks.bsky.social on the Cuban-American community's response so far to the current administration's crackdown on historic numbers of recent Cuban migrants with irregular or provisional status.
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
www.publicbooks.org/will-cuban-a...
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
What does US intervention in Venezuela mean for Latin America and how did we get here?
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors on US–Venezuela Intervention: History & Context
YouTube video by UNCPress
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
What does US intervention in Venezuela mean for Latin America and how did we get here?
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion.
Watch it here👇
youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4
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🗃️ The US attracted more foreign-born people from more places than any other nation in history. We need language to acknowledge that central fact of American history. But we also need language that goes beyond the idea that the United States is, or ever was, simply a “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/10
January 2, 2026 at 4:12 PM
🗃️ The US attracted more foreign-born people from more places than any other nation in history. We need language to acknowledge that central fact of American history. But we also need language that goes beyond the idea that the United States is, or ever was, simply a “nation of immigrants.” 🧵1/10
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In Foreign Affiars, a must-read piece from Michael Bustamante @mjbusta.bsky.social on Cuba: “Cuba’s cascading problems are now so severe that even a more dynamic private sector would be insufficient to fix them” www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
January 1, 2026 at 8:05 PM
In Foreign Affiars, a must-read piece from Michael Bustamante @mjbusta.bsky.social on Cuba: “Cuba’s cascading problems are now so severe that even a more dynamic private sector would be insufficient to fix them” www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
Excellent article from @mjbusta.bsky.social that summarizes Cuba’s current (not that recent) economic and political crisis.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
Cuba on the Brink
Where will the island’s crisis end?
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Excellent article from @mjbusta.bsky.social that summarizes Cuba’s current (not that recent) economic and political crisis.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
My new essay for Foreign Affairs.
“On the brink…”, not of political change, but of citizens' tolerance and patience. That has not happened overnight. This crisis has been acute and sudden (especially since the pandemic), but also a slow moving train.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
“On the brink…”, not of political change, but of citizens' tolerance and patience. That has not happened overnight. This crisis has been acute and sudden (especially since the pandemic), but also a slow moving train.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
Cuba on the Brink
Where will the island’s crisis end?
www.foreignaffairs.com
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
My new essay for Foreign Affairs.
“On the brink…”, not of political change, but of citizens' tolerance and patience. That has not happened overnight. This crisis has been acute and sudden (especially since the pandemic), but also a slow moving train.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
“On the brink…”, not of political change, but of citizens' tolerance and patience. That has not happened overnight. This crisis has been acute and sudden (especially since the pandemic), but also a slow moving train.
www.foreignaffairs.com/cuba/cuba-br...
Join us this afternoon!
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us this afternoon!
My department is hiring!
TT Modern US history, Reconstruction - Civil Rights Era.
I'm late to sharing, but the window is admittedly short, due to a later budget cycle that we would have liked. Review of applications begins Dec 1.
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TT Modern US history, Reconstruction - Civil Rights Era.
I'm late to sharing, but the window is admittedly short, due to a later budget cycle that we would have liked. Review of applications begins Dec 1.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69444/u...
University of Miami - Assistant Professor of U.S. History, Tenure Track University of Miami | H-Net
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November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My department is hiring!
TT Modern US history, Reconstruction - Civil Rights Era.
I'm late to sharing, but the window is admittedly short, due to a later budget cycle that we would have liked. Review of applications begins Dec 1.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69444/u...
TT Modern US history, Reconstruction - Civil Rights Era.
I'm late to sharing, but the window is admittedly short, due to a later budget cycle that we would have liked. Review of applications begins Dec 1.
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69444/u...
We've also just launched an artist residency. Program and application info here. We're treating "artist" as an expansive category. Please help us spread the word.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Call for Applications: The Roberto C. Goizueta Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program | Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries
Apply by December 2, 2025
mailchi.mp
September 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
We've also just launched an artist residency. Program and application info here. We're treating "artist" as an expansive category. Please help us spread the word.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Hi bluesky. Been a minute. Or several months. Dropping in to share the link to the program & registration info for our 2025-2026 Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies at U Miami's Cuban Heritage Collection.
Great line-up. It's all virtual. Hope you can join us.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Great line-up. It's all virtual. Hope you can join us.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Join the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami Libraries online for the “Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies”
Fall 2025 and spring 2026 | Multiple dates
mailchi.mp
September 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hi bluesky. Been a minute. Or several months. Dropping in to share the link to the program & registration info for our 2025-2026 Seminar in Cuban and Cuban Diaspora Studies at U Miami's Cuban Heritage Collection.
Great line-up. It's all virtual. Hope you can join us.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Great line-up. It's all virtual. Hope you can join us.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Deadline extended! Still time to get your applications in.
February 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Deadline extended! Still time to get your applications in.
Attention grad students in the US!
Deadline for the Goizueta Graduate Fellowships Program
@umchc.bsky.social is tomorrow.
Deadline for the Goizueta Graduate Fellowships Program
@umchc.bsky.social is tomorrow.
February 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Attention grad students in the US!
Deadline for the Goizueta Graduate Fellowships Program
@umchc.bsky.social is tomorrow.
Deadline for the Goizueta Graduate Fellowships Program
@umchc.bsky.social is tomorrow.
Reminder: Applications for Goizueta Graduate Fellowships
@umchc.bsky.social are due 2/28!
Pre-dissertation & dissertation stage awards for graduate students at US institutions. Support 1-3 months of research in largest archive dedicated to Cuba outside of the island.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
@umchc.bsky.social are due 2/28!
Pre-dissertation & dissertation stage awards for graduate students at US institutions. Support 1-3 months of research in largest archive dedicated to Cuba outside of the island.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Call for Applications | The Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2025-2026
Apply online by February 28, 2025
mailchi.mp
February 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Reminder: Applications for Goizueta Graduate Fellowships
@umchc.bsky.social are due 2/28!
Pre-dissertation & dissertation stage awards for graduate students at US institutions. Support 1-3 months of research in largest archive dedicated to Cuba outside of the island.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
@umchc.bsky.social are due 2/28!
Pre-dissertation & dissertation stage awards for graduate students at US institutions. Support 1-3 months of research in largest archive dedicated to Cuba outside of the island.
mailchi.mp/miami.edu/li...
Great convo last night @umchc w Fabien Pisani & CM Álvarez after screening “En la caliente.”
A film about not just *the* little known pioneer of reggaeton in Cuba, Kandyman, but the irrepressible nature of popular culture and Santiago de Cuba as a crucible of Caribbean sounds.
A film about not just *the* little known pioneer of reggaeton in Cuba, Kandyman, but the irrepressible nature of popular culture and Santiago de Cuba as a crucible of Caribbean sounds.
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Great convo last night @umchc w Fabien Pisani & CM Álvarez after screening “En la caliente.”
A film about not just *the* little known pioneer of reggaeton in Cuba, Kandyman, but the irrepressible nature of popular culture and Santiago de Cuba as a crucible of Caribbean sounds.
A film about not just *the* little known pioneer of reggaeton in Cuba, Kandyman, but the irrepressible nature of popular culture and Santiago de Cuba as a crucible of Caribbean sounds.
Reposted by Michael J Bustamante
Happy to interview FIU alum Andrew Gomez about his book “Constructing Cuban America: Race and Identity in Florida’s Caribbean South, 1868-1945” from @utexaspress.bsky.social 🇨🇺 newbooksnetwork.com/constructing...
Andrew Gomez, "Constructing Cuban America: Race and Identity in Florida's Caribbean South, 1868–1945" (U Texas Press, 2024) - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
January 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Happy to interview FIU alum Andrew Gomez about his book “Constructing Cuban America: Race and Identity in Florida’s Caribbean South, 1868-1945” from @utexaspress.bsky.social 🇨🇺 newbooksnetwork.com/constructing...
New year, new slew of @UMCHC updates:
First, the call for the 2025-2026 class of Goizueta Graduate Fellows is out. Deadline: 2/28. Eligibility: Doctoral students at U.S. institutions. Pre-prospectus (1 month) and post-candidacy (up to 3 months) awards.
https://buff.ly/3WgPfMy
First, the call for the 2025-2026 class of Goizueta Graduate Fellows is out. Deadline: 2/28. Eligibility: Doctoral students at U.S. institutions. Pre-prospectus (1 month) and post-candidacy (up to 3 months) awards.
https://buff.ly/3WgPfMy
Call for Applications | The Goizueta Foundation Graduate Fellowships 2025-2026
Apply online by February 28, 2025
mailchi.mp
January 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
New year, new slew of @UMCHC updates:
First, the call for the 2025-2026 class of Goizueta Graduate Fellows is out. Deadline: 2/28. Eligibility: Doctoral students at U.S. institutions. Pre-prospectus (1 month) and post-candidacy (up to 3 months) awards.
https://buff.ly/3WgPfMy
First, the call for the 2025-2026 class of Goizueta Graduate Fellows is out. Deadline: 2/28. Eligibility: Doctoral students at U.S. institutions. Pre-prospectus (1 month) and post-candidacy (up to 3 months) awards.
https://buff.ly/3WgPfMy
Bring on the Vivaporu Endowed Professorship in Latino Studies.
January 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bring on the Vivaporu Endowed Professorship in Latino Studies.
As President Carter is honored with a state funeral, re-upping my two-part piece from 2020 on fraught memories/ legacies of the 1979 "viajes de la comunidad," made possible by his administration's back channel negotiations with Cuban authorities.
Part 1: https://buff.ly/40rrjsu
Part 1: https://buff.ly/40rrjsu
Enfrentar el retorno: las “visitas de la comunidad” de 1979 - OnCubaNews
Parte I: El tenso comienzo de un reencuentro
oncubanews.com
January 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As President Carter is honored with a state funeral, re-upping my two-part piece from 2020 on fraught memories/ legacies of the 1979 "viajes de la comunidad," made possible by his administration's back channel negotiations with Cuban authorities.
Part 1: https://buff.ly/40rrjsu
Part 1: https://buff.ly/40rrjsu