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
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