Reflections on the July 11 disturbances in Cuba
Is the Cuban government taking a dictatorial turn?
A recent article on the July 11 disturbances in Cuba was sent to me by a colleague of the International Manifesto Group, asking for commentaries. It is a question of an interview of Ailynn Torres Santana and Julio César Guanche, which appeared in the September 10 issue of New Left Review. The article is a translation of an interview by Martín Mosquera, which was originally published in Jacobin América Latina, a Latin American digital publication with a socialist perspective.
The New Left Review identifies the two as “Cuban political theorists.” But online information indicates that Torres is an Ecuadoran who was a researcher in a Cuban research institution from 2006 to 2019, during which time she also was a guest professor at the University of Havana, FLACSO Ecuador, the University of Barcelona, and the University of Massachusetts. None of her present affiliations appear to include a Cuban entity.
On the other hand, Guanche is indeed Cuban, and he is known among Cuba…