welcome to history 358: cuba and havana: history, memory, revolution
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Welcome to History 358:Cuba and Havana: History, Memory, Revolution
Prof. Alejandra Bronfmanalejandra.bronfman@ubc.caBuchanan Tower 1121Office hours Monday and Wednesday, 3-4pm.
Raul Castro: “This is a revolution committed to its people” Granma International, January 3, 2013
US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “I am a fierce opponent of the Castro regime in Cuba, the Chavez regime in Venezuela, and other dictatorial regimes in Latin America
that subvert the will of the people and seek to erode democratic institutions. Our Hemisphere must not be
allowed to follow the insidious example of Castro’s Cuba.”http://ros-lehtinen.house.gov/issue/foreign-affairs visited
Jan 6, 2013
José Antonio Aponte
Havana theater, mid 19th century
Sinking of the Maine, 1898
Pioneers of revolution
Governing, living, visiting
• Website: http://blogs.ubc.ca/cubahistory/• Class attendance:• Everyone on Mondays• Wednesdays (with some exceptions—in the syllabus).
1-2pm: Bergler-Harvey• 2-3pm: Kershaw-Yeo• Assignment for Thursday: Read Childs, Introduction,
and Chapters 1 and 2, and blog posting (if you are doing it).
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