Conversatorio: Cuba protests, repression, and the academic community

Event Start Date: July 20, 2021 5:00 PM
Event End Date: July 20, 2021 7:00 PM

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Conversatorio: Cuba protests, repression, and the academic community
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm ET

Leading experts on Cuba will discuss the meanings of the recent protests in Cuba and the responses of the state. We will explore the reasons why so many citizens took to the streets, the novelties and continuities with previous protests, and state repression. Our panelists will analyze the response of academic communities in the US and Latin America and offer ideas on how to support human and democratic rights in Cuba.

Panelists:

• Michael Bustamante
  Assistant Professor of Latin American History, Florida International University
  
  
• Javier Corrales
  Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor, Chair of Political Science, Amherst College
  
  
• Lillian Guerra
  Professor, Department of History, University of Florida

• Silvia Pedraza
  Professor of Sociology and American Culture, University of Michigan

Moderated by Carlos de la Torre

The event will be livestreamed here.