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Editor-in- Chief: Year 3, No 7, January 2016 Juan Antonio Alvarado Ramos Associate Editor: Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez Spanish Editor: Arnaldo Miguel Fernández IDENTIDADES is a publication of the Plataforma de Integración Cubana [Platform for Cuban Integration], a non-profit, nonpartisan organization whose goal is to advocate for the rights of Afro-descendants and other alternative groups in Cuba, promote their empowerment as citizens and support their active role in political reform via the practice of Deliberative Democracy, and also contribute to the recovery of the history of their participation in the creation and development of the Cuban nation and its culture. It aspires to discuss the difficulties faced by Afro-descendants and all discriminated people in today’s Cuba, and propose actions for confronting the problem and facilitating communication about it worldwide. It is open to people anywhere in the world interested in the topic who can offer their experiences and discuss a subject so important for Cuba and all other countries that received the African Diaspora, or where minorities are discriminated by those in power. English Editor: Raúl González Translator: abc language solutions Art Work: Sander A. Alvarez Matute Cover Illustration: © Carlos R. Vega Perseverancia. Oil on Cloth. Series Querida Habana Plataforma de Integración Cubana, Inc. Email: [email protected] Web: www.cubaintegra.org ISSN: 2373-151