Ada Ferrer won the Pulitzer Prize in 2022 for her acclaimed book, Cuba: An American History, which examined the island’s relationship with the US. Her latest work, Keeper of My Kin, tells her family story: a mother who fled the island nation carrying an infant daughter, while leaving a brother behind. Now, as Donald Trump increases pressure on Cubans and their leaders, cutting off oil while obtaining an indictment of Raul Castro for the 1996 shootdown of a small plane, Ferrer tells Mishal Husain about the human cost of Cuba’s long crisis. Read this interview with Mishal’s notes on Bloomberg Weekend: https://www.bloomberg.com/latest/weekend-interview Contact The Mishal Husain Show mishalshow@bloomberg.net Visit https://www.bloomberg.com/mishal 00:00 Introduction from Mishal Husain 02:38 Writing “Keeper of my Kin” 03:14 A love-hate relationship with Cuba 04:16 The Cuba of Castro 05:59 Leaving Cuba in 1963 07:24 Leaving her brother Poly behind 09:25 Letters from Poly 15:02 Cuba’s history of migration 17:00 Helping family in Cuba 21:21 People in Cuba are “suffering” 22:53 A threat to US national security? 25:37 A shared experience with Rubio 30:42 Cuban-Americans and Trump 32:51 Obama’s visit to Cuba 35:40 Calling myself an American 39:00 The books is a “testament of love” Watch Bloomberg Vodcasts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0MS0Tqk_zQl1LVVTdWuH2Di Subscribe to Bloomberg Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BloombergPodcasts Visit us: https://www.bloomberg.com/podcasts Visit our other YouTube channels: Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg For coverage on news, markets and more: http://www.bloomberg.com/video