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CUBA AFTER CASTRO

Luci F ernandes & Denis Rey. CUBA AFTER CASTRO. POLITICAL ANALYSIS. PART ONE. 1959 Cuban Revolution 1960-63 US Embargo 1961 Bay of Pigs 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1980 Mariel Boatlift 1991 Collapse of the USSR 2008 Raul Castro. RECENT CUBAN HISTORY.

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CUBA AFTER CASTRO

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  1. Luci Fernandes & Denis Rey CUBA AFTER CASTRO

  2. POLITICAL ANALYSIS PART ONE

  3. 1959 Cuban Revolution • 1960-63 US Embargo • 1961 Bay of Pigs • 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis • 1980 Mariel Boatlift • 1991 Collapse of the USSR • 2008 Raul Castro RECENT CUBAN HISTORY

  4. The CUBAN EXILE COMMUNITY IN THE US

  5. SANCTIONS • MILITARY FORCE TWO APPROACHES

  6. Cuban American national foundation

  7. ALPHA 66

  8. Alpha 66 Training Camp

  9. 19912007 TIGHTENING THE EMBARGO Strongly Favor 73.8 57.5 SUPPORT EXILE INVASION Strongly Favor 62.0 58.4 SUPPORT US INVASION Strongly Favor 49.3 43.7 Cuban American opinion

  10. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

  11. One-Party Rule Continues (Socialism) • Island-Based Regime Emerges (Social Democracy) • US-Based Regime Emerges (Capitalist Democracy) THREE SCENARIOS

  12. From Socialism From Capitalism • Universal Healthcare • Free Education • Guaranteed Pensions • Private Ownership • Business Enterprise • Free Trade What the Cuban People Want

  13. Incremental move from a one-party rule towards a socialist type of democratic rule for Cuba What will Become of Cuba After Castro?

  14. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF CUBA PART TWO

  15. Cultural Relativistic perspective Social disconnect over the past 50 years Understanding the Cuban social project Culture and Society

  16. Cuba Overview:Living in Two Worlds • Cuban Daily Life • State Run Social Programs • Capitalist Enterprises and the Socialist State • Loosening of State Control • Conclusion • Question and Answer

  17. Socialism

  18. The Revolution

  19. Cuban Society

  20. Family Life

  21. Monthly Salary • Average Monthly Salary on average is 350 Cuban National pesos – US $17. • 25 MN to the dollar • Self-Employed Need to pay taxes 20% - 50% • Artists, Farmers, Tourist Industry (particulares y paladares)

  22. Value in your social relations “Kin” Social cohesion and connectedness “capital” implies economic benefits Social Capital

  23. Medicine

  24. Training Doctors from around the world Exporting doctors Solidifying relations with trade partners International School of Medicine

  25. Education

  26. Arts and Education

  27. Daily Goods

  28. Monthly Subsidies - Coupon • “We get each month, and it certainly is not enough to get fat, but everybody gets it each month, whether you work or not. Every 15 days, we get rice, beans, vegetable oil, chicken, coffee, bread, 6 eggs, and sugar. You get this stuff twice a month for sure. Sometimes people trade with each other eggs and milk, etc. For whatever else you need then you have to go to the market” (Male 38, Professor of Philosophy Univ. of Havana).

  29. La Libreta

  30. Infrastructure

  31. transportation

  32. Before the Revolution After the 1960s Today US-Cuba Travel

  33. Globalization and Cuba

  34. Outdated Policy? HastaCuando?

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