In October 1960, Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm gave readers of the New Statesman his glowing appraisal of the early stages of the Cuban Revolution. Nearly two years on from the rebels’ triumph, Hobsbawm understood that the central tenet of Fidel Castro’s 26 July Movement was that to be “free and prosperous, Cuba must be free of imperialism, poverty and ignorance.”
But, as we enter the final five months of the premiership of Fidel’s brother, Raúl, the demise of Cuba’s healthcare suggests that the revolution has not successfully achieved this trio of aims.
“For the health tourist, everything. For us, what is left”
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“An excess of Cubatopianism”
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