This article examines the use and abuse of the term “revolution” in Cuba and in Cuban studies. The official narrative in Cuba blurs the contours of La Revolución, both across time (it continues to this day) and across actors and institutions (revolution = government = nation). Curiously, the term revolution is generally not the object […]

This paper has  been published in Revista Mexicana de Analisis Politico y Administracion Publica.  Click here to see paper.

Notes Soy un escritor, en lo fundamental, de la vida cubana, y la política no puede estar fuera de esa vida, pues es parte diaria, activa, penetrante de ella; pero yo la manejo de manera que sea el lector quien decida hacer las asociaciones políticas, sin que mis libros se refieran directamente a ella. De […]

This paper is part of a project on the political participation of cultural actors under authoritarian regimes, looking at them from both ends: the policies and these actors’ typical behaviour and strategies to cope with this environment. More specifically, it examines the recent evolution of cultural policy in Cuba, and proposes to apply the concept […]