1. Luci Fernandes & Denis Rey

2. POLITICAL ANALYSIS

3.  1959Cuban Revolution  1960-63US Embargo  1961Bay of Pigs  1962Cuban Missile Crisis  1980Mariel Boatlift  1991Collapse of the USSR  2008Raul Castro

5.  SANCTIONS  MILITARY FORCE

8. Alpha 66 Training Camp

9. 19912007 TIGHTENING THE EMBARGO Strongly Favor73.857.5 SUPPORT EXILE INVASION Strongly Favor62.058.4 SUPPORT US INVASION Strongly Favor49.343.7

11.  One-Party Rule Continues (Socialism)  Island-Based Regime Emerges (Social Democracy)  US-Based Regime Emerges (Capitalist Democracy)

12. FROM SOCIALISMFROM CAPITALISM  Universal Healthcare  Free Education  Guaranteed Pensions  Private Ownership  Business Enterprise  Free Trade

13. Incremental move from a one-party rule towards a socialist type of democratic rule for Cuba

14. ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES OF CUBA

15.  Cultural Relativistic perspective  Social disconnect over the past 50 years  Understanding the Cuban social project

16.  Cuban Daily Life  State Run Social Programs  Capitalist Enterprises and the Socialist State  Loosening of State Control  Conclusion  Question and Answer

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22.  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)

23.  Value in your social relations  “Kin”  Social cohesion and connectedness  “capital” implies economic benefits

25.  Training Doctors from around the world  Exporting doctors  Solidifying relations with trade partners

29.  “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).

35.  Before the Revolution  After the 1960s  Today