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Democracy in Cuba

Mature Deliberative Democracy
Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Historian and political scientist
Spokesperson, Progressive Arc Party
National Coordinator, Nuevo País Platform
Member, Citizens’ Committee for Racial Integration (CCIR)
Havana, Cuba

T

he deliberative democracy workshop a
group of organizations from both
inside and outside Cuba held, with
Professor Robert Cavalier (Program for
Deliberative Democracy, Carnegie Mellon
University) and sponsored by the Platform for
Cuban Integration, ended up revealing the
maturity the fundamental concept of
democracy is attaining among Cubans. With
more than 40 invited participants at an
important, Puerto Rican institution, the Center
for Advanced Studies, an interesting

conversation ensued after the informative
presentations by Juan Antonio Madrazo Luna
(Coordinator, Citizens’ Committee for Racial
Integration); Professor Cavalier; ex-Czech
Ambassador and Charter 77 Member Martin
Palous;
Valeriano
Ramos
(EveryDay
Democracy, U.S.); Professor Marifeli PérezStable (Florida International University); and
Manuel Cuesta Morúa (Progressive Arc Party
and Coordinator, Nuevo País Platform). Also
present was democratic Florida State
Representative
José
Javier.Rodríguez.

Opening the workshop. From left to right , Juan Antonio Alvarado , Manuel Cuesta Morua,
Robert Cavalier and Juan Antonio Madrazo

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