What is it about?
Raúl Castro has led the Cuban state since 2006. After a decade in power, Raúl Castro has established a collective leadership at the top (as opposed to Fidel's charismatic style), and has introduced a market-socialist economic policy (as opposed to the former orthodox centrally planned economy).
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Why is it important?
I find that Cuba is a 'political animal' –i.e. a regime– that has moved from being closer to North Korea, to be closer to China and Vietnam. Cuba is now resisting democratization not by sticking to the past but by promising economic prosperity –which corresponds to the definition of a 'maturing post-totalitarian' regime.
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This article summarizes the main arguments I developed in my doctoral thesis. As such, I am very happy to share those years of research in an accessible format. This article is also the starting point of a wider research agenda I am developing on contemporary illiberal regimes in Latin America.
Dr Ramón I. Centeno
Universidad de Sonora
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This page is a summary of: The Cuban Regime After a Decade of Raúl Castro in Power, Mexican Law Review, December 2016, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
DOI: 10.22201/iij.24485306e.2017.18.10777.
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