Cuba on the Brink, With Michael Bustamante

Michael Bustamante, Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign against Cuba.

Mentioned on the Episode:

Marc Caputo, “Exclusive: Rubio's Secret Squeeze on Raul Castro's Cuba (axios.com/2026/02/18/marco-rubio-cuba-secret-t…),” Axios

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