Kuba na rozcestí

Cuba at the Crossroads

Ján Veselovský, Petr Chalupa

In: Geografické informácie (Geographical Information), Ročník (Volume) 24, Číslo (Issue) 1, 2020, p. 33-43, ISSN 1337-9453

DOI: 10.17846/GI.2020.24.1.33-43

Abstract

Out of ignorance of the matter, we still encounter in professional politicalgeographical studies with a subdued and, above all, somewhat superficial evaluation of Cuban reality. Cuba, which underwent a completely different historical, social and political development, was different before 1989. The dynamic development in the period after 1989, moreover, changed it even more qualitatively. This is particularly evident in recent years after the resignation of Fidel Castro, the presidency of Barac Obama and the inauguration of Danald Trump. Developments, also as a result of economic and political developments in friendly Venezuela and in connection with the economic impact of the Covid 19 pandemic on Cuban tourism, are accelerating even more. The paper is prepared with a synergetic approach, where we understand the social, political and economic present as a continuation of the past development and we understand the future as another subsequent development of the present.

Keywords: Cuba, historical, economic, social and political development, Special period, embargo

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