Ediciones Universal
Ediciones Universal is a publishing house founded in Miami. Florida in 1965 by Juan Manuel and Marta O. Salvat. The biggest publishing house among the Cuban exile community, it is largely dedicated to publishing material critical of communist Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Ediciones Universal's website describes its mission as "to rescue essential works of Cuban culture and make them available to readers." [1]
The company claims responsibility for publishing over 1,000 Spanish-language texts by expatriate Cuban authors. Though political, social and biographical works make up the majority of its collection, Ediciones Universal also publishes literary works as well as books on art, photography, Afro-Cuban interest, and other topics.
Notable authors whose works have appeared under the Ediciones Universal imprint include columnist Carlos Alberto Montaner, activist businessman Enrique Ros, and others. The company provides literature and scholarly articles to Florida International University in cooperation with the university's Latin American & Caribbean Information Center.[2]