Aracelia_ week 5

Aracelia Alvarez
PACS 135
Reading Response week 5
Cuba!
The case of Cuba, is indeed, a remarkable example to the rest of the industrialized nations that with basic technology it is possible to create a socially just and sustainable future. Cuba defies U.S. approaches to food production, distribution, and consumption.

What exactly is the foco strategy?

On page 105 Raby writes that… “down to the present it (the Cuban Communist Party) continues to express Cuban internationalism in a radically different context”. I was unclear as to what this means.

The case of Cuba is important to study, but from the beginning M-26-7 was able to take advantage of an anti-imperialist sentiment in the rural areas. Today, urbanization is the norm- we have been far removed from the land for a long time, so that changes the conditions drastically.

What is the role of CDR’s? And what makes Cubans believe that they are spies? How is dissidence or anti-revolutionary ideology handled? How is the opposition dealt with?

How do the Cuban popular masses feel about Cuba today? What is their perspective on
capitalism and the U.S? In the U.S. we hear the opinions of those who have fled and are part of the opposition, but not enough from the common people who have improved quality of life?

Did Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro have a relationship prior to Chavez winning the presidency in
Venezuela?
VIVA FIDEL! VIVA LA REVOLUCION! VIVA CUBA!