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Hacia el 20 de noviembre, a la conquista del espacio público en Cuba

Por: Vicente Morín Aguado PROLOGO. Este 29 de septiembre, Yunior García Olivera, dramaturgo y artista cubano, líder visible del proyecto mediático opositor Archipiélago, publicó en la página de igual nombre del grupo:  “La marcha cívica por el cambio, convocada para el 20 de noviembre, es un derecho legítimo que debe ser conquistado. En más de …

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FIDEL CASTRO AND MONCADA: VIOLENCE AND DECEIT

During the first few years of Batista’s regime, political parties exerted considerable influence in Cuba.  The Ortodoxos were particularly popular and influential because of the party’s uncompromising attitude toward Batista, the mystique of its martyred leader, Eduardo Chibás (1951), and the fact that its more prominent members included several professors at the University of Havana.  The National …

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THE PLATT AMENDMENT REPUBLIC

Apparently highly favorable conditions accompanied Cuba’s emergence into independence on May 20, 1902.  There were no major social or political problems similar to the ones other Latin American nations had experienced after their break with Spain.  There was no large unassimilated Indian population and although blacks represented a significant proportion of the total populating there …

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THE DEATH OF A HERO

José Julián Martí y Pérez (1853-1895) Cuba’s greatest hero and most influential writer.  Revolutionary, poet, journalist, and the principal organizer of the Independence War of 1895-1898, he was the apostle of Cuba’s independence.  Born in Havana, January 28, of a Valencian father and “isleño” mother, he spent his early years as an eager student.  His environment and teachers …

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IMPLICATIONS OF THE BAY OF PIGS FIASCO

PART II The disillusionment and frustration caused by the 1961 Bay of Pigs failure among anti-Castro forces, both inside and out of Cuba, prevented the growth of significant organized opposition.  With little hope for change more than 2 million Cubans migrated from the island mostly to the U.S.  With his power consolidated Castro could embark on massive …

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