For the first time in history, the president of Cuba sits down with a US outlet to share his thoughts on the future of Cuban socialism, the US blockade, and the economic difficulties facing the island nation.

For the first time in history, the president of Cuba sits down with a US outlet to share his thoughts on the future of Cuban socialism, the US blockade, and the economic difficulties facing the island nation.

In late September, The Nation’s publisher, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and its editor, D.D. Guttenplan, met with Cuban president Miguel Díaz-Canel for an exclusive interview in New York.

It was the president’s first-ever interview in the United States. They discussed the economic crisis facing his island nation, the future of its socialist model, and the impact of continued hostility from Washington.

read more: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/interview-cuban-president-diaz-canel/

archive link: https://archive.ph/4Aady

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I don't think so.

    When someone says "Dengist," they're a Maoist and think that what Deng did was "revisionist" or somehow different from ML theory.

    It's a loaded term and was meant as such.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      im not a maoist, mao is cool tho. i stan cuba hard, and when china improves their lgbt laws in 10 or so years ill be an excessive pro-china bot

    • Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      There's no way she meant it in a shitty sectarian way, and being this knee jerk to a term used commonly on this site in the way comrade Awoo described does a disservice to the above average leftist discourse here