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Title
2019 Cuba Travel Ban Twitter Archive
Date(s)
- 2019 (Creation)
Extent
9.4 GB
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Scope and content
The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the June 2019 changes to travel policy toward Cuba imposed by the Trump administration.
From June 4 to 13, 2019, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following hashtags and phrases: Cuba cruises, Cuba travel ban, Cuba travel restrictions, Cuba sanctions, Cuba policy, #SomosContinuidad, #CubavsHelmsBurton, #HelmsBurton, and #SomosCuba.
The tweets collected by the Cuban Heritage Collection for this data archive do not represent an exhaustive or complete record of all tweets relating to the targeted hashtags due to restritions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.
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This collection is currently closed for research.
For specific questions, please contact chc@miami.edu.
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Preferred citation: 2019 Cuba Travel Ban Twitter Archive, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
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This collection was acquired and collected by the University of Miami Libraries using the Python program, Twarc, developed by Ed Summers.
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Archivist's note
Finding aid created by Amanda Moreno, November 2020. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, April 2022.