All of the world’s struggling masses owe the late Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro an enormous debt for consistently and fearlessly articulating the debilitating aspect of life under under capitalism.
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Images of Castro as either a monster or saviour miss the mark, but his commitment to literacy and culture is undeniable.
A new crowdfunded show about the Cuban revolution prepares to shed new light on the leader.
A former British ambassador to Cuba, now a professor at Boston University, still has a few questions for the late Cuban leader.
Love him or loathe him, the Cuban leader’s legacy cannot be denied.
The former Cuban leader, as seen through the eyes of Jean-Paul Sartre.
Fidel Castro’s life and times illustrate how much the world has and hasn’t changed.
Cuba’s National Capitol Building has been reclaimed as the seat of the National Assembly 54 years after it was abandoned by the new revolutionary government. There are lessons in this for others.
Cuba has been reforming parts of its economy since 2008. Will the thaw in relations with its Cold War adversary and Obama’s visit accelerate those changes?
The US risks being left out of Cuba’s transformation if it doesn’t act quickly.
Given the conservative stand of the Catholic Church on gays and lesbians, Pope Francis had a wonderful opportunity to extend his message of tolerance to both the religious and social realms.
The historic warming of US-Cuban relations offers new opportunity for American entrepreneurs and Cuba’s famously well-educated people – but it isn’t good news for Latin American socialists.
The remnants of the Cuba-Soviet relationship are still very much part of Cuban culture – a fact on display at this month’s Miami International Film Festival
“Normalization” – that’s been the word of the week among Cubans and Cuba watchers. Set aside for the moment whether it’s really possible for a dictatorship and a democracy to have normal relations, since…
The resetting of US Cuba relations has been a long time in the making but without the Alan Gross case it is likely it would have happened sooner. I think both sides have thought long and hard about what…
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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Director, Latin American Business Environment program, University of Florida
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Studies & Visual Culture, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor in Global Sustainable Development, University of Warwick
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Associate Professor, Global Studies, Appalachian State University
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Senior Lecturer at the Frederick S Pardee School in Global Studies, Boston University, Boston University
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Chair in Latin American Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies, University of Chester
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Professor, Global Development Studies and History, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor of Political Science, Georgia State University
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Senior researcher, Centre for Social Change, University of Johannesburg
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
