Welcome to History 358: Cuba and Havana: History, Memory, Revolution

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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