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A New Chapter in US-Cuba RelationsPost-17D and Processes of Cuban National Reconciliation

A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations: Post-17D and Processes of Cuban National Reconciliation [The announcements by Presidents Castro and Obama on December 17 (17D) produced a torrent of media coverage and academic analysis that, understandably, centered on diplomatic negotiations. This chapter examines a less discussed, but equally important, theme: reconciliation among Cubans. Looking at the processes of Cuban national reconciliation from the individual and societal levels, both within Cuba and between the island and diaspora, this chapter identifies likely facilitators and lingering obstacles to processes of accommodation. It complicates the conceptualization of “exile” and “island” by challenging both common stereotypes of a sharply divided nation with an intractably vengeful exile, and of a unified socialist island. It also acknowledges that although the pace of national reunification is accelerating, it is a process that has been in play for almost forty years.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A New Chapter in US-Cuba RelationsPost-17D and Processes of Cuban National Reconciliation

Part of the Studies of the Americas Book Series
Editors: Hershberg, Eric; LeoGrande, William M.
Ackerman, Holly
A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations — Apr 18, 2016
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
ISBN
978-3-319-31151-7
Pages
85 –99
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-29595-4_7
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Abstract

[The announcements by Presidents Castro and Obama on December 17 (17D) produced a torrent of media coverage and academic analysis that, understandably, centered on diplomatic negotiations. This chapter examines a less discussed, but equally important, theme: reconciliation among Cubans. Looking at the processes of Cuban national reconciliation from the individual and societal levels, both within Cuba and between the island and diaspora, this chapter identifies likely facilitators and lingering obstacles to processes of accommodation. It complicates the conceptualization of “exile” and “island” by challenging both common stereotypes of a sharply divided nation with an intractably vengeful exile, and of a unified socialist island. It also acknowledges that although the pace of national reunification is accelerating, it is a process that has been in play for almost forty years.]

Published: Apr 18, 2016

Keywords: Civil Society; Societal Level; Political Prisoner; Cuban Government; Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

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