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RECOMMENDED BOOKS, FILMS & ARTICLES Recommended Books Travelers’ Tales: Cuba Edited by Tom Miller Three Trapped Tigers By Guillermo Cabrera Infantes An Island Called Home By Ruth Behar Dreaming in Cuban By Cristina Garcia Six Days in Havana By James Michener Mi Moto Fidel By Christopher Baker Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro’s Cuba By Tom Miller Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution By T.J. English Cuba Confidential: Love and Vengeance in Miami and Havana By Ann Louise Bardach Cuban Diaries: An American Housewife in Havana By Isadora Tattlin Trading with the Enemy By Tom Miller The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile By Patrick Symmes Fidel Castro A Critical Portrait By Tad Szulc Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life By Jon Lee Anderson Recommended Movies Una Noche Strawberry and Chocolate Guantanamera Memories of Underdevelopment Articles Cuba seeks over $8 billion in foreign investment http://news.yahoo.com/cuba-seeks-over-8-billion-184510847.html Some Who Fled Cuba Are Returning to Help - NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/as-cubas-economy-opens-a-bit-some- who-fled-castro-return-to-help.html?_r=0 The Cuban Evolution - NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/sunday-review/the-cuban-evolution.html Google Makes Internet Freedom Visit to Cuba – U.S. News http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/30/googles-eric-schmidt-went-to-cuba-for- internet-freedom-visit How to Support Cuba's New Entrepreneurs – U.S. News http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/world-report/2014/05/02/how-obama-can-support- cubas-entrepreneurs Raúl Castro's daughter first lawmaker to vote 'no' in Cuban parliament http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/mariela-castro-raul-no-vote-discrimination Cuba is once again resorting to geopolitics to support a failing economy – The economist http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21611066-cuba-once-again-resorting-geopolitics- support-failing-economy-rekindling-old?zid=305&ah=417bd5664dc76da5d98af4f7a640fd8a Cuba: Doing it your way - NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/travel/cuba-doing-it-your-way.html Cuba: Going With a Tour Company - NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/travel/cuba-going-with-a-tour-company.html .

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The Role of Cuba's CENESEX
Setting the agenda for Cuban sexuality: the role of Cuba's CENESEX. Link to this page In recent years an increasing amount of media attention has been focused on Cuba's Centro Nacional de Educacion Sexual, or CENESEX (National Centre for Sexual Education) and, in particular, the role of its director, Mariela Castro Espin. In a country in which machismo and homophobia have been widely condemned, changes in the approach to accepting sexual diversity have been significant at both the public and government levels. In recent years large anti- homophobia parades have occurred in Havana and other Cuban cities, sexual reassignment operations have taken place in the country, and gay film festivals have been held. The country's parliament is even considering changes to the national Family Code to protect and strengthen the rights of the LGBT community. Clearly, radical changes are in the air, with the work of CENESEX playing a major role. Originally established in 1977 as the Grupo Nacional de Trabaj o de Educacion Sexual, or GNTES (The National Group for Work on Sexual Education), the centre has since dramatically evolved into one of the world's leading organizations working for LGBT equality (Hamilton 2012, 49). The director of the centre and noted sexologist, Mariela Castro Espin, has been a driving force behind CENESEX. As the daughter of current president Raul Castro and Vilma Espin, the former head of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), she has increased the national and international profile of the centre and its work. However, while her connection to the president is consistently used as the introduction for media coverage on the centre, this interest is increasingly accompanied by praise for the significant work of CENESEX.
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Cuba: New Names, but the Same Approach Changes After Elections
Observatory of Religious Freedom in Latin America Essay #5 Date: 17 April 2018 Authors: José Antonio Pastor & Dennis P. Petri Cuba: New names, but the same approach Changes after elections 1. Introduction On March 11, 2018, nearly eight million Cubans went to the polls to renew the Parliament with candidates endorsed by the ruling party, a process that will end on April 19 when the National Assembly selects the replacement of Raúl Castro (86), who along with his older brother Fidel, have governed the island since 1959. Every five years the government organizes the elections to elect the delegates and deputies for the provincial and national assemblies as a demonstration of unity, this happens because of the high percentage of citizen participation, which on this occasion exceeded 82 percent.1 If there are no last minute changes,2 Castro will remain as head of the Communist Party and the first vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel (57), will become the new president of a country plagued by an economic crisis. Despite the expectations generated by the change of power that is looming in Cuba next April, various political and religious actors see no signs for optimism about a change of direction. Although an increase in social protests can be observed, the Communist Party will maintain the repressive system that has been operating for 59 years. In other words, the change of the Presidency does not mean a political transition. Regarding religious freedom, no change is expected either. Among religious actors, uncertainty prevails over the future of the country. In this article we propose to give some guidelines to interpret the political changes that Cuba is going through, describing their impact on the future of the communist regime and Cuban society in general, and on the situation of religious freedom specifically.
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Gender Equality and the Role of Women in Cuban Society
Gender Equality and the Role of Women in Cuban Society As part of the American Association of University Women’s International Series on Culture and Gender Roles, a delegation of 48 AAUW members and staff traveled to Cuba in fall 2010 for six days of research, dialogue, cultural events, and educational experiences. From October 30 to November 4, the group visited sites around Havana and met with women leaders in education, the arts, politics, and law, including Mariela Castro Espin, the daughter of President Raul Castro. The purpose of this unprecedented and historic trip was to examine gender equality in Cuba and to meet with Cuban citizens to gain a firsthand understanding of the roles of women in Cuban society. Research issues addressed on the trip included the following questions: What are the roles of women in Cuba? What is the relative status of women and men in Cuba? How has Cuban women’s education affected their opportunities and lifestyles? AAUW worked with Academic Travel Abroad, a 60-year-old organization licensed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control to facilitate travel to Cuba by teams of professionals for the purpose of conducting research. All members of the AAUW delegation were carefully screened to ensure that they met specific requirements as professionals in gender equity-related fields. This paper summarizes the findings of the delegation. Unless otherwise indicated, statistics and statements cited in this paper are based on delegation members’ notes from the discussions and cannot be
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Human Rights in Cuba: Beyond the Veneer of Reform
Human Rights in Cuba: Beyond the Veneer of Reform HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CIVILIAN SECURITY, AND TRADE OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION July 11, 2019 Serial No. 116–54 Printed for the use of the Committee on Foreign Affairs ( Available: http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/, http://docs.house.gov, or www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 37–013PDF WASHINGTON : 2019 COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York, Chairman BRAD SHERMAN, California MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, Texas, Ranking GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York Member ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida JOE WILSON, South Carolina KAREN BASS, California SCOTT PERRY, Pennsylvania WILLIAM R. KEATING, Massachusetts TED S. YOHO, Florida DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island ADAM KINZINGER, Illinois AMI BERA, California LEE ZELDIN, New York JOAQUIN CASTRO, Texas JIM SENSENBRENNER, Wisconsin DINA TITUS, Nevada ANN WAGNER, Missouri ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, New York BRIAN MAST, Florida TED LIEU, California FRANCIS ROONEY, Florida SUSAN WILD, Pennsylvania BRIAN FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania DEAN PHILLIPS, Minnesota JOHN CURTIS, Utah ILHAN OMAR, Minnesota KEN BUCK, Colorado COLIN ALLRED, Texas RON WRIGHT, Texas ANDY LEVIN, Michigan GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania ABIGAIL SPANBERGER, Virginia TIM BURCHETT, Tennessee CHRISSY HOULAHAN, Pennsylvania GREG PENCE, Indiana TOM MALINOWSKI, New Jersey STEVE WATKINS, Kansas DAVID TRONE, Maryland MIKE GUEST, Mississippi JIM COSTA, California JUAN VARGAS, California VICENTE GONZALEZ, Texas JASON STEINBAUM, Staff Director BRENDAN SHIELDS, Republican Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, CIVILIAN SECURITY, AND TRADE ALBIO SIRES, New Jersey, Chairman GREGORY W.
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University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection Finding
University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection Finding Aid - Tad Szulc Collection of Interview Transcripts (CHC0189) Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.4.0 Printed: May 21, 2018 Language of description: English University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion 1300 Memorial Drive Coral Gables FL United States 33146 Telephone: (305) 284-4900 Fax: (305) 284-4901 Email: [email protected] https://library.miami.edu/chc/ https://atom.library.miami.edu/index.php/chc0189 Tad Szulc Collection of Interview Transcripts Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Series descriptions ..........................................................................................................................................
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Cuba Country Report for Use in Refugee Claims Based on Persecution Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
Cuba Country Report for use in refugee claims based on persecution relating to sexual orientation and gender identity Produced: October 30, 2009 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity research – [email protected] International Human Rights Program University of Toronto This document was prepared by law students and highlights information about publicly-accessible country conditions available at the time it was prepared. It is not exhaustive, nor is it updated on a regular basis. The information provided here is not a substitute for legal advice or legal assistance, and the International Human Rights program at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law cannot provide such advice or assistance. Table of Contents I: Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 II: Legislation .................................................................................................................... 4 Legalization of homosexual acts ..................................................................................... 5 Protective legislation ....................................................................................................... 6 Proposed reforms ............................................................................................................ 6 Non-binding commitments ............................................................................................. 7 Illegal exit ......................................................................................................................
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Sex and State Making in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1968
SEX AND STATE MAKING IN REVOLUTIONARY CUBA, 1959-1968 Rachel M. Hynson A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History. Chapel Hill 2014 Approved By: Kathryn J. Burns Emily Susan Burrill John Charles Chasteen Miguel La Serna Raúl Necochea López Lars Schoultz ©2014 Rachel M. Hynson ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ii ABSTRACT RACHEL M. HYNSON: Sex and State Making in Revolutionary Cuba, 1959-1968 (Under the direction of Kathryn J. Burns) This dissertation explores the construction of the revolutionary state in order to trace the entwinement of familial health and national security during the first decade of the Cuban revolution. It analyzes campaigns deployed by government officials to remake sexual norms and produce families deemed healthier than those under capitalism. More specifically, my dissertation examines state efforts that normalized patriarchy by criminalizing abortion, legitimized marriage through collective weddings, schematized the workforce by condemning female prostitution, and restructured economic gender roles via the rehabilitation of chulos (loosely translated as “kept men”). Through close analysis of print media, speeches, travel narratives, and oral histories, my work makes two major contributions to the study of Cuban sexuality. First, by joining prerevolutionary context to an analysis of revolutionary policies, I demonstrate that the sexual behaviors lauded by state officials as new measures of revolutionary well-being were in fact traditional criteria recycled from prior Cuban regimes. Second, I assert that revolutionary leadership of the 1960s attempted to remake the state by challenging popular definitions of terms such as marriage, family planning, sex worker, and chulo.
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A Strategic Flip-Flop in the Caribbean 63
Hoover Press : EPP 100 DP5 HPEP000100 23-02-00 rev1 page 62 62 William Ratliff and Roger Fontaine U.S. interference in Cuban affairs. In effect it gives him a veto over U.S. policy. Therefore the path of giving U.S. politicians a “way out” won’t in fact work because Castro will twist it to his interests. Better to just do it unilaterally on our own timetable. For the time being it appears U.S. policy will remain reactive—to Castro and to Cuban American pressure groups—irrespective of the interests of Americans and Cubans as a whole. Like parrots, all presi- dential hopefuls in the 2000 presidential elections propose varying ver- sions of the current failed policy. We have made much here of the negative role of the Cuba lobby, but we close by reiterating that their advocacy has not usually been different in kind from that of other pressure groups, simply much more effective. The buck falls on the politicians who cannot see the need for, or are afraid to support, a new policy for the post–cold war world. Notes 1. This presentation of the issues is based on but goes far beyond written testimony—“U.S. Cuban Policy—a New Strategy for the Future”— which the authors presented to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee on 24 May 1995. We have long advocated this change, beginning with William Ratliff, “The Big Cuba Myth,” San Jose Mercury News,15 December 1992, and William Ratliff and Roger Fontaine, “Foil Castro,” Washington Post, 30 June 1993.
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GOV 291 Cuba in the Post Cold War Era the United States and Cuba Recently “Normalized” Relations, Ending the Last Vestige Of
GOV 291 Cuba in the Post Cold War Era The United States and Cuba recently “normalized” relations, ending the last vestige of the Cold War. The course will offer an examination of the social, economic, and political roots of the Cuban revolution of 1959 and the changes brought about in Cuban politics and society as a result of the revolution. This course is a unique opportunity to study Cuban history and the political and economic system of one of the world's few remaining socialist countries. Students do reading on the historic background of the area under study and then focus on contemporary political, social, and economic issues through meeting with resource people: professors, political activists, and grass roots organizers. The course will be conducted in English but knowledge of Spanish will definitely enhance appreciation of our stay in Cuba and study of Cuban history, politics, and society. Tentative Itinerary: Activities will include: Meet with Cuban University students Attend Cuban cultural events, including a jazz club and baseball game Meet with Cuban academics on a range of topics from economic reforms on the island to US-Cuban relations Visit an urban agricultural farm Travel to Santa Clara to visit the Che Guevara Memorial Meet representatives of Cuban political organizations, including the Federation of Cuban women and a member of parliament Tour the city of Havana including its colonial sector Visits to a school and medical clinic There will be three meetings held prior to departure. Each will last two hours (6 hours) There will be four meetings held after the return from Cuba (8 hours) The dates for these meetings shall be determined.
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Dropping Nuclear Bombs on Spain: the Palomares Accident of 1966
Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2006 Dropping Nuclear Bombs on Spain the Palomares Accident of 1966 and the U.S. Airborne Alert John Megara Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY DROPPING NUCLEAR BOMBS ON SPAIN THE PALOMARES ACCIDENT OF 1966 AND THE U.S. AIRBORNE ALERT By JOHN MEGARA A Thesis submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2006 The members of the Committee approve the thesis of John Megara defended on March 29, 2006. _______________________________ Max Paul Friedman Professor Directing Thesis _______________________________ Neil Jumonville Committee Member _______________________________ Michael Creswell Committee Member The Office of Graduate Studies has verified and approved the above named committee members. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the contribution to this thesis of several hundred people, but for brevity’s sake I will name just three. As members of my advisory committee, Max Paul Friedman, Neil Jumonville and Michael Creswell were not only invaluable in the construction of this work, but were also instrumental in the furthering of my education. I would also like to thank Marcia Gorin and the other research librarians at Florida State University’s Strozier Library for showing me how to use the contents of that building. I realize that I have now named four people instead of three, but brevity should surely take a bow to research librarians for their amazing work.
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Fidel Castro and Revolutionary Masculinity
University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies Hispanic Studies 2012 Deconstructing an Icon: Fidel Castro and Revolutionary Masculinity Krissie Butler University of Kentucky, [email protected] Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Butler, Krissie, "Deconstructing an Icon: Fidel Castro and Revolutionary Masculinity" (2012). Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies. 10. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/hisp_etds/10 This Doctoral Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Hispanic Studies at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--Hispanic Studies by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained and attached hereto needed written permission statements(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine). I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I agree that the document mentioned above may be made available immediately for worldwide access unless a preapproved embargo applies. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of my work.
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Miami, Florida 3 December 2019
WLRN Miami, Florida 3 December 2019 Back To The U.S.-Cuba Future? New Animosities Raise Fears Relations May Be Severed Again By Tim Padgett Latin America Report Cuban government video purportedly showing dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer (left) being detained by police. YouTube Last month a big anniversary in the western hemisphere went largely unnoticed in the U.S. Havana – one of the oldest capitals in the Americas – celebrated its 500th birthday. Among the few Americans at the fiesta was former Key West city commissioner and Cuba native Tony Yaniz. “The final night, the old part of Havana there, they re-lit the Capitol and there was about three hours of music and poetry and dancing, and it was amazing,” said Yaniz, who came to the U.S. in 1960 after his journalist father was hounded out of Cuba by dictator Fidel Castro. Speaking from Key West, Yaniz – who today supports engagement with the communist island – said he’d hoped to bring hundreds of other Americans with him to Havana for the event. And three years ago that might have been easy. But since the Trump Administration began a new crackdown on U.S. travel to Cuba, "a lot of Americans feel as though either they can’t go or it’s just a hassle to go," Yaniz said. "And so [the Cubans] understood why there wasn’t many more of us, as they call us, North Americans.” One of those Cubans Yaniz says he talked to briefly at the Havana jubilee was President Miguel Díaz- Canel. He remembered that earlier this year Yaniz hosted Cuba’s ambassador to the U.S., José Cabañas, in Key West.
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