A View from below: Grassroots Perspectives on Human Rights, the U.S. Embargo and Everyday Life in Contemporary Cuba

Authors

Katrin Hansing, Cuba Research Institute, Florida International University

First Page

87

Abstract

I would like to contribute to today's discussion by doing two main things: (1) by looking at the issues at hand, i.e. U.S. policy towards Cuba, in particular the U.S. embargo, as well as the human rights situation on the island, from a Cuban grassroots perspective i.e. share with you how average Cubans think and feel about these issues; and (2) reflect on some of the changes and continuities and the tensions between the two that have taken place in Cuban society over the past ten to fifteen years and how these processes may factor into future developments both on island and in terms of policies towards it.

Recommended Citation

Katrin Hansing, A View from below: Grassroots Perspectives on Human Rights, the U.S. Embargo and Everyday Life in Contemporary Cuba, 4 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 87 (2009).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol4/iss1/9