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Demystifying las UMAP – The Politics of Sugar, Gender, and Religion in 1960s Cuba
Demystifying las UMAP: The Politics of Sugar, Gender, and Religion in 1960s Cuba Joseph Tahbaz ’15 History major Dartmouth College Joseph.A.A.Tahbaz.15@dartmouth.edu Abstract: The UMAP, las Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la Producción, were forced-work agricultural labor camps operated by the Cuban government during the mid-1960s in the east-central province of Camagüey. The current academic literature […] Continue reading
Prison Diary LXIII It’s Not Feeding Revenge, It’s Saving Embarrassment
Prison Diary LXIII: It’s Not Feeding Revenge, It’s Saving Embarrassment / Angel Santiesteban Posted on November 1, 2013 Dictatorships, according to the analysts, mutate to make threats disappear when their totalitarian power is threatened; to manage it, they are capable of acting against themselves. Nothing is worth more than the Government and its remaining in […] Continue reading
"The Gray Quinquennium" Or Five Black Decades?
"The Gray Quinquennium" Or Five Black Decades?2007-02-22.Oswaldo José Payá Sardiñas, Movimiento Cristiano LiberaciónHavana, February 1 2007- I will never be able to forget the days of captivity and liberation on the Island of Pinos, where I, among many other young… Continue reading