Hello. This book is very renowned and recommended here for learning about the Caribbean history. It's by a Dominican author: a very prestigious intellectual. I have not read the book yet but I have heard about it... This is the link: https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Juan-Bosch/dp/6074011389
You can also read some Cuban writers like José Martí, who wrote many works in the US, where he lived for years. Among his titles are "La Edad de Oro" (The Golden Age), "Nuestra América" (Our America), and "Escenas norteamericanas" (American Scenes). This last one is a compiling of articles written by him for American Journals and about different events that took place in the US at that time...
There is also a famous Cuban poet called Nicolas Guillén who wrote poems on Cuba and its culture, but I recommend to read him in Spanish. Thank you