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The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding anti-government protests in Cuba and the diaspora that began in July 2021. According to Reuters, Cubans across the the island gathered in the streets chanting "freedom" and calling for President Miguel Díaz-Canel to step down from office. The Cuban police responded with violence against protestors. The protests took place in the context of surging coronavirus infections, a weakened economy, shortage of basic goods, and curtailing of civil liberties. Many Cubans in the diaspora rallied in support of the protestors, with some calling for U.S. intervention in Cuba. The Cuban government blamed the country's economic condition on the U.S. embargo against Cuba, and claimed protestors were being manipulated by U.S.-based social media campaigns.

The Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following accounts, phrases and hashtags: @Mona_Cuba, @MGVivero, @PresidenciaCuba; Cuba, Cuba AND Freedom; #SOSCuba, #PatriayVida, #FreeCuba, #NoTenemosMiedo, #FreeHamletLavastida, #AbajoLaDictaduraCastrista, #CorredorHumanitarioYa, #FuerzaMatanzas, #FuerzaCuba, #DiazCanelSingao, #CubaProtests, #VivaCubaLibre, #SomosCuba, #SomosContinuidad, #VivaCuba, #LaCalleEsDeLosRevolucionarios, #CubaPorLaVida, #CubaUnida, #CubaSoberana, #PatriaOMuerte, #EliminaElBloqueo, #AbajoElBloqueo, #EndTheBlockade, #CubaEsNuestra, #YoSigoADiazCanel and #11JCuba.

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 restrictions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The collection contains 35mm footage and audio reels of the film "Nobody Listened/Nadie Escuchaba," an award-winning documentary about human rights violations in Cuba. It also contains transcripts of interviews with Cuban political prisoners.

The Ariel Hidalgo Collection contains the writings of Cuban political prisoner Ariel Hidalgo that were secretly smuggled out of prison by the author. It includes articles, manuscripts, correspondence, and a curriculum vitae, as well as a copy of the 'Disidente' pamphlet and a detailed list of fellow political prisoners.

The Elena Mederos Papers contain documents pertaining to human rights and women's rights activist Elena Mederos (1900-1981).

Included are scholarly articles, clippings, manuscripts, official documents and certifications. Also included are documents from the School of Social Work in Havana, Cuba, where Mederos worked, as well as reports from United Nations panels on women's rights in Latin America, a report from the Comision Internacional de Mujeres, and a program from Mederos' memorial service.

The Human Rights Oral History Project digital collection of the Cuban Heritage Collection includes videos and outlines of oral history interviews with Cuban dissidents.  In its first phase, the project focuses on the Black Spring of 2003 when the Cuban government arrested 75 activists.  Interviews were conducted with a number of the dissidents who served time in prison as part of the Grupo de los 75(Group of the 75) and with members of the Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), an organization of the wives, mothers, daughters, and other female relatives of jailed dissidents.  The Human Rights Oral History Project was launched in 2013 with funding from the Marlins Foundation.

These oral histories express the views, memories and opinions of their respective interviewees. They do not represent the viewpoints of the University of Miami, its officers, agents, employees, or volunteers. The University of Miami makes no warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in the interviews and expressly disclaims any liability therefor.

Copyright to these materials lies with the University of Miami. They may not be reproduced, retransmitted, published, distributed, or broadcast without the permission of the Cuban Heritage Collection. For information about obtaining copies or to request permission to publish any part of an interview, please contact the Cuban Heritage Collection at chc@miami.edu.

The Kourí Family Collection consists of family photos, newspaper articles, correspondence, handwritten notes, plaques, and a booklet on the Plataforma Democrática Cubana.

The Lincoln Díaz-Balart Papers document the professional and personal activities of Lincoln Díaz-Balart in his capacity as U.S. Representative for Florida's 21st congressional district and as a member of the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate. Materials in the collection include personal and legislative correspondence on issues such as education, the environment, federal and state budgets, human rights in Cuba, and immigration; and official documents on issues of immigration, international trade, Latin America and Cuba. The collection also contains press releases, audiovisual materials, photographs and clippings collected by Díaz-Balart.

Original order was retained, with papers arranged in two series: Florida House and Senate and United States Congress.

The bulk of the collection consists of copies of articles written by various authors about the human rights violations in Cuba. The articles were published in The Miami Herald and compiled by Suárez-Villa, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning in School of Social Ecology at the University of California. The materials also include copies of correspondence to Luis Suárez-Villa regarding the compilation of the articles.

The papers document activities of Miguel Olba Benito in a capacity of an Executive Secretary of Human Rights Cuban Commission.  The materials include correspondence, clippings, documents, memorabilia, magazines and typescripts of writings on topics of the treatment of political prisoners in Cuba, presence of the Soviet military in Cuba and the atrocities of the communist regime in Cuba.

The Movimiento San Isidro Oral History Project documents the Movimiento San Isidro, a social and political movement created by a group of Cuban dissident artists protesting the country's Decree 349 that requires artists to obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Culture to perform in public and private spaces. The group protests police violence, with some members using non-violent methods of resistance such as hunger strikes to bring attention to their cause.

The collection contains a data set of tweets collected from the Twitter microblogging and social networking service regarding the Movimiento San Isidro, a social and political movement created by a group of Cuban dissident artists protesting the country's Decree 349 that requires artists to obtain prior approval from the Ministry of Culture to perform in public and private spaces. The group protests police violence, with some members using non-violent methods of resistance such as hunger strikes to bring attention to their cause.

Beginning in November 2020, the Cuban Heritage Collection collected tweets relating to the following accounts, phrases and hashtags: @Mov_sanisidro, @LMOAlcantara, @MaykelOsorbo, @CubaCultura, #TodosSomosSanIsidro, #FreeDenis, #LiberenADenis, #LibertadParaDenis, #EstamosConectados, #FuerzaCuba, #SomosCuba, #CubaEsCultura, M-26-11 AND Cuba, #unidad AND Cuba, #Luisma AND Cuba, #CubaDeTodos, #TodosConSanIsidro, #NoALaViolenciaPolicial, #DondeestáLuisManuelOtero, and #CubaYChacón.

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 restrictions on tweet volume accessed via the Twitter API.

The papers document activities of Dr. Ricardo Bofill Pagés in capacity of the President of Cuban Committee for Human Rights.  The materials include papers written about Bofill's work, clippings of Bofill's writings about human rights and reports.