HIST 8B Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Mario Vargas Llosa, Casa De Las Américas, Haydée Santamaría
Document Summary
Committees for the defense of the revolution - police state. Military reform and build up: raul castro. Export of revolution include everyone as growers. Cuba was a client of the soviet union. Angola- cubans train guerrillas with troops and military advisers. End of cold war makes this a failure. Us embargo main reason of cuba impoverishment. Stocks central committee of communist party with supporters. Castro lost the landed, entrepreneurial class but the rest of the population remained loyal. Haydee santamaria - casa de las americas joined revolution and led female group in charge of cultural institution that spread culture, literature, and culture exchanges between all spanish language countries. Nueva trova cubana: new man, new form of society. Popular arts dedicated to the revolution: symbolic language of the leftist, communist movements. 1982: cuba owes 7 billion to ussr. Mario vargas llosa (peru)- open cuba, make it more democratic. Usa offers support to anyone escaping from cuba.
