Coffee Hour: The Struggle for Socialism in Cuba 6/18
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
10 AM to 11:45 AM
La Conexión de las Américas
3019 Minnehaha Ave, Suite 20 Minneapolis, MN 55406
The Struggle for Socialism in Cuba
Presented in English
Our Presenters
Speakers Esteban Morales and Katia De Llano will be speaking today about Cuba’s ongoing process of economic reform. Mr. Morales is professor emeritus of political economy at the University of Havana as well as the former director of the Center for the Study of the United States and Hemispheric Affairs. Ms. De Llano is professor emeritus of economics at the University of Havana as well as a former economic advisor to the Cuban National Assembly.
Summary
The recently completed the 6th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party approved a set of economic reform measures that will transform the Cuban economy in the coming years, due in large part to the world economic crisis of the past three years. The Congress also instituted a process of generational transition in the leadership of the Party. Professors Morales and De Llano, two respected academic figures and political activists, will be coming to analyze the importance of these developments within the context of Cuba and its 50-year history after the Cuban Revolution.
