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Contents From the Editor....................................................................................................................6 Letter to the Latin American Studies Association Why Am I Not at LASA? ......................................................................................................11 Manuel Cuesta Morúa Race, class and gender in Cuba and the world Crimes of Information and Racism ........................................................................................13 Manuel Cuesta Morúa Facing the Challenge of New Technologies in Cuba: The Social and Cultural Price of Technological Monopoly ..................................................16 Sánder Alexei Álvarez Matute Cuban Youth Face the Challenges of Their Era ....................................................................20 Eleanor Calvo Martínez Socio-Existential Crisis and Despair in Cuba ........................................................................25 Guillermo Ordóñez Lizama Talking About Race in Cuba..................................................................................................29 Jorge Duany The Cuban Penitentiary System: A Critique ..........................................................................32 Veizant Boloy González Indigence is Black ..................................................................................................................34 Augusto César San Martín Albistur The Cuban Nation and Religion’s Subordination to Politics .................................................36 Jorge Amado Robert Vera A New Step Toward the Emancipation of Black Cubans? ....................................................38 José Hugo Fernández Afro-Descendant Women: Poverty, Exclusion and Racism ..................................................42 Cecilia Moreno Rojas The Cuban Economy and Its Challenges Monetary Chaos and Its Social Effect ...................................................................................46 Armando Soler Hernández Economic Cross-Dressing ......................................................................................................50 Hildebrando Chaviano Montes The Cuban Civic Movement and Its International Activity Platform and Commitment for Integration ............................................................................51 Leonardo Calvo Cárdenas Latin America, Afro-Descendants and the Creation of Healthy Alliances ............................57 Juan Antonio Madrazo Luna 4