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YOUNG CUBAN CINEMA OUT OF THE SHADOWS. By María Nela Lebeque Hay

It is impossible to talk about the last fifteen years of Cuban cinema without...

May 3, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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From Plantation to Palenque. DAVID LISENBY on Gerardo Fulleda

Gerardo Fulleda León’s theatre values human dignity above all else....

April 10, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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Cuban Travelogues into the Futures Past. By PALOMA DUONG

In the 1960s the world flocked to Cuba to see the birth of a revolution,...

April 10, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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COCO FUSCO’s Dangerous Moves. By Andy Alfonso

In an island whose future seems precarious, where ‘transition’ haunts...

February 1, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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CUBAN THEATER TODAY. By Norge Espinosa

Translation from the Spanish by Esther Whitfield. When Antigonón, un contingente...

February 1, 2017  By Ariana Reguant
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DMITRI PRIETO weighs on the need for everyday forms of intellectual activism (VII and last in the series)

Translation from the original Spanish by Alejandro Barreras  If I interpret...

July 6, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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ALCIDES GARCIA CARRAZANA, a “popular communicator” from Granma, offers a grassroots alternative to Havana’s intelligentsia (VI)

Intellectuals have played a key role in processes of change in all times...

June 26, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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In our Public Intellectual series (V), ARTURO ARANGO outlines the dangers facing Cuban intellectuals today

I am surprised that your question presupposes that my work (or that of your...

June 18, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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JULIO ANTONIO FERNANDEZ ESTRADA on The People’s Law (The role of Public Intellectuals in today’s Cuba, part IV)

If we accept that there is such a thing as a public intellectual, then...

June 11, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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GUSTAVO ARCOS: “I believe in a social critique that stems from intellectual responsibility and commitment to values and ideas.” (III)

Our third interviewee in our "Public Intellectual Future" series is Gustavo...

June 3, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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How can Cuban academics contribute to a dynamic public sphere? Second in the series, YESENIA HIDALGO’s testimony from the world of science research outside Havana

I must say that I’m surprised to have been invited to address this issue....

May 28, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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What is a Public Intellectual to do in Today’s Cuba? MARIO MASVIDAL, TV personality and Communication Professor, responds in the first of a series

In this opening edition of Counterpoint, we asked selected Cuban scholars...

May 20, 2015  By Ariana Reguant
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