Identidades in English No 1, February 2014 | Page 45

The Cuban civil movement and its international repercussions

A Seminal Encounter

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

A

meeting long awaited by all of us who have
struggled for racial integration through identity in Cuba took place last December.

Members of the Conciencia Cívica organization,
based in the United States, and of the Citizens’ Committee for Racial Integration, based in Cuba, were

African-American Congresswoman Federica Wilson with
Manuel Cuesta Morúa (forefront) and Leonardo Calvo
(rear) . December 2013.