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This conference addresses the changes in international and political relations Cuba was forced to undergo at the beginning of the 1990s. The collapse of Socialism in Eastern Europe (1989–1990) and the dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991), along with the strengthening of the economic blockade by the United Stateswith the Torricelli and Helms-Burton Acts, put the Cuban Revolution in the most difficult predicament it had ever faced. The deep and unexpected economic crisis ensuing was driven by the simultaneous loss of markets, prices, and credits, as well as of political and military allies.
In less than four decades, Cuba had to reorient its economy and alliances twice at a stroke. First, because of the transformations happening after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, when it was necessary to modify the entire socio-economicstructure of the country and its political and military tiesin response to US hostility. Then, second, at the end of the 1990s – when the environmentin which Cuba had found itself since the 1960s abruptly vanished – the island had, in the middle of an unparalleled economic crisis, to once again drastically alterall its external relations. To a great extent, its economic system had to change as well, with the country facing the acute dilemma of either preserving the social gains achieved by the Revolution or surrendering to the siege of the US, which, taking advantage of the situation, redoubled the blockade. Favouring this new orientation was the extensive collaboration agreements signed first with the People’s Republic of China and later with Russia. However, the most significant of them has been the close collaboration with Venezuela, as well as the foundation of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a new mechanism of regional integration in which Nicaragua, Bolivia, and other Latin American and Caribbean countries participate. ALBA has been the main base of support of the Cuban Revolution in the twenty-firstcentury. In particular, trade between Cuba and Venezuela would thereafter reach unprecedented levels.
Speaker:
Dr. Sergio Guerra Vilaboy (University of Havana)
Moderator:
Dr. Natália Ayo Schmiedecke (Universität Hamburg)
Information on participating / attending:
The event wiil be held in Spanish. We would like to ask you to register for this event. The registration is free of charge.
Date:
09/21/2022 16:00 - 09/21/2022 17:30
Event venue:
Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, ESA W 221, Flügel West or online
20146 Hamburg
Hamburg
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, all interested persons
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Politics
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/05/2022
Sender/author:
Verena Schweiger
Department:
Fachabteilung Kommunikation
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event72347
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