Raul Castro and the New Cuba: A Close-Up View of Change - Softcover

Harlan Abrahams

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786465271 ISBN 13: 9780786465279

Publisher: McFarland & Co, 2011

Synopsis

In 2006, Fidel Castro yielded power over Cuba to his younger brother Raul, making him the first new president of the island nation in nearly five decades. Since then, Raul has ushered in many changes and reforms, including allowing open criticism of the government, lifting the ban on personal electronics like cell phones and computers, and allowing farmers to purchase their own equipment. This timely work weaves together expert analysis with narrative accounts from current Cuban citizens to explore the economic, political, legal, and social changes occurring in Cuba under Raul Castro's presidency. Among the issues discussed are how Cubans are facing the challenges of an economy emerging from socialism into a market-driven reality, how long the one-party system can endure, and what the future may hold. By tracking Cuba's ongoing emergence from decades of communism, this current work stands at the forefront of Latin American and Caribbean studies.

About this title

About the Author:

Harlan Abrahams, a Denver-based writer, lawyer, and former law professor, has published many scholarly articles and written several novels, one of which has been optioned for a movie to be shot on location in Havana. He has traveled to Cuba many times since 1998. Arturo Lopez-Levy, a native of Cuba, is a lecturer and PhD Candidate at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He is also a research associate of the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East and teaches Latin American politics and comparative politics at the University of Denver and the Colorado School of Mines. In Cuba, Lopez-Levy worked as Secretary of the B’nai B’rith Lodge of the Cuban Jewish Community and a political analyst for the Cuban government.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland & Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0786465271
• ISBN 13: 9780786465279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 275