Havana, Cuba
September 12 -16, 2023
In partnership with The Care Lab, the AFHE Senior Fellows came together to engage in dialogue with the Cuban people and learn about their experience with a health system that has been lauded internationally for its achievements, while bearing witness to the complex realities of life in Cuba.
Recommended Reading + Viewing
Below were the recommended reading and viewing (click on the headers to expand) to help you understand the political and social context of Cuba. The Cuba Platform materials were produced by the current directors of CARE LAB during their collaboration with the Atlantic Fellows programs.
Current ChallengesCuba during Covid-19Cuba Platform VideosCuba 101BooksDocumentariesFilms
- On the economy, sanctions, and emigration: LeoGrande article in World Politics Review
- On fuel shortages: Ed Augustin in the Guardian
- Anti-government protests of 2021: from Belly of the Beast’s War on Cuba series (video)
- Equity and the Cuban National Health System’s response to COVID: from PAHO
- Cuban door-to-door doctors: Video from Belly of the Beast
- Cuba Platform May 6, 2020 (audio or read) webinar
- Cuba Platform Caring in Crisis 2020 series
- Cuba: Between Reform and Revolution, by Louis A. Pérez
- Cuba: What Everyone Needs To Know, by Julia Sweig
- Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976, by Piero Gleijeses
- Everyday Moral Economies: Food Politics and Scale in Cuba, by Marisa Wilson
- The Myth of the Male Breadwinner: Women and Industrialization in the Caribbean (Cuba chapter), by Helen Safa
- Revolutionary Medicine: Health and the Body in Post-Soviet Cuba, by P. Sean Brotherton
- Revolutionizing Romance: Interracial Couples in Contemporary Cuba, by Nadine Fernandez
- Sowing Change: The Making of Havana’s Urban Agriculture, by Adriana Premat
- ¡Venceremos?: The Erotics of Black Self-Making in Cuba, by Jafari Allen
- Women’s Work: Gender Equality in Cuba and the Role of Women in Building Cuba’s Future, Published by Center for Democracy in the Americas under the direction of Sarah Stephens
- Maestra, directed by Catherine Murphy
- Raza, directed by Eric Corvalán
- ¡Salud!, directed by Connie Field
- The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, directed by Faith Morgan
- Conducta (Behavior), by Ernesto Daranas
- Fresa y Chocolate (Strawberries and Chocolate), Directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio
- Vestido de Novia (His Wedding Dress), Directed by Marilyn Solaya
You can view the AFHE Cuba Convening Photo Gallery here
Read more about the AFHE Cuba Convening:
- Cuba’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
Written by Janice Blanchard with input from AFHE Senior Fellows Anjali Singh Kulkarni, Mildred Omino, Oscar Ramírez and Eliza Squibb - For the Love of Land or the Love of Money
Written by Monique Brown - AFHE Cuba Convening Wrap-up