370 likes | 592 Views
Luci F ernandes & Denis Rey. CUBA AFTER CASTRO. POLITICAL ANALYSIS. PART ONE. 1959 Cuban Revolution 1960-63 US Embargo 1961 Bay of Pigs 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis 1980 Mariel Boatlift 1991 Collapse of the USSR 2008 Raul Castro. RECENT CUBAN HISTORY.
E N D
Luci Fernandes & Denis Rey CUBA AFTER CASTRO
POLITICAL ANALYSIS PART ONE
1959 Cuban Revolution • 1960-63 US Embargo • 1961 Bay of Pigs • 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis • 1980 Mariel Boatlift • 1991 Collapse of the USSR • 2008 Raul Castro RECENT CUBAN HISTORY
SANCTIONS • MILITARY FORCE TWO APPROACHES
19912007 TIGHTENING THE EMBARGO Strongly Favor 73.8 57.5 SUPPORT EXILE INVASION Strongly Favor 62.0 58.4 SUPPORT US INVASION Strongly Favor 49.3 43.7 Cuban American opinion
One-Party Rule Continues (Socialism) • Island-Based Regime Emerges (Social Democracy) • US-Based Regime Emerges (Capitalist Democracy) THREE SCENARIOS
From Socialism From Capitalism • Universal Healthcare • Free Education • Guaranteed Pensions • Private Ownership • Business Enterprise • Free Trade What the Cuban People Want
Incremental move from a one-party rule towards a socialist type of democratic rule for Cuba What will Become of Cuba After Castro?
ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF CUBA PART TWO
Cultural Relativistic perspective Social disconnect over the past 50 years Understanding the Cuban social project Culture and Society
Cuba Overview:Living in Two Worlds • Cuban Daily Life • State Run Social Programs • Capitalist Enterprises and the Socialist State • Loosening of State Control • Conclusion • Question and Answer
Monthly Salary • Average Monthly Salary on average is 350 Cuban National pesos – US $17. • 25 MN to the dollar • Self-Employed Need to pay taxes 20% - 50% • Artists, Farmers, Tourist Industry (particulares y paladares)
Value in your social relations “Kin” Social cohesion and connectedness “capital” implies economic benefits Social Capital
Training Doctors from around the world Exporting doctors Solidifying relations with trade partners International School of Medicine
Monthly Subsidies - Coupon • “We get each month, and it certainly is not enough to get fat, but everybody gets it each month, whether you work or not. Every 15 days, we get rice, beans, vegetable oil, chicken, coffee, bread, 6 eggs, and sugar. You get this stuff twice a month for sure. Sometimes people trade with each other eggs and milk, etc. For whatever else you need then you have to go to the market” (Male 38, Professor of Philosophy Univ. of Havana).
Before the Revolution After the 1960s Today US-Cuba Travel