Cuba 2017: The End of an Era

ABSTRACT In 2017, Cuba prepared itself for a momentous change that was coming in 2018: the first time in 59 years that a Castro would not be leading the government. No one expects Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, whom the National Assembly elected as Cuba's president in April 2018, to chart a course...

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Autores principales: García Castro,Teresa, Brenner,Philip
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Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2018
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20180002002592018-09-05Cuba 2017: The End of an EraGarcía Castro,TeresaBrenner,Philip Cuba Castro Díaz-Canel U.S.-Cuba elections ABSTRACT In 2017, Cuba prepared itself for a momentous change that was coming in 2018: the first time in 59 years that a Castro would not be leading the government. No one expects Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, whom the National Assembly elected as Cuba's president in April 2018, to chart a course dramatically different from the one President Raúl Castro had established. However, given the economic, demographic, and international political challenges Cuba faced in 2017, the year had to be viewed as the end of an era. Change is inevitable in order to sustain the Cuban Revolution.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.38 n.2 20182018-08-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2018000200259en10.4067/s0718-090x2018000200259
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Castro
Díaz-Canel
U.S.-Cuba
elections
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Castro
Díaz-Canel
U.S.-Cuba
elections
García Castro,Teresa
Brenner,Philip
Cuba 2017: The End of an Era
description ABSTRACT In 2017, Cuba prepared itself for a momentous change that was coming in 2018: the first time in 59 years that a Castro would not be leading the government. No one expects Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, whom the National Assembly elected as Cuba's president in April 2018, to chart a course dramatically different from the one President Raúl Castro had established. However, given the economic, demographic, and international political challenges Cuba faced in 2017, the year had to be viewed as the end of an era. Change is inevitable in order to sustain the Cuban Revolution.
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Brenner,Philip
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title Cuba 2017: The End of an Era
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