How has
Cuba – a country often accused of being frozen in time – actually embraced
innovation at home, particularly since the end of the Cold War? Find out from a
leading expert in U.S.-Cuba relations in a lecture at the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Ernesto
Domínguez López will present “The Revolution Endures? Cuba’s Relevance in the
21st Century” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in Room 101 of the Collins
Classroom Center. It is free and open to the public.
Domínguez
López specializes in Cuban foreign affairs, U.S.-Cuba relations and U.S.
politics at the University of Havana. While UW-Stevens Point has organized study-abroad programs to Cuba since
2013, this is the first time the university welcomes an official guest from
Cuba.
Domínguez
López acknowledges that not all agree with Cuba’s path and official U.S.-Cuban
relations remain poor. Yet he envisions areas in which the two countries can
work together for positive change, particularly once the U.S. embargo of more
than 50 years is lifted.
His
talk is part of an interdisciplinary Latin American/Caribbean Speaker Series at
UW-Stevens Point. It began in 2011 to promote awareness of political, social,
economic, environmental and cultural issues in Mexico, Central America, South
America and the Caribbean.
For
more, go to www.uwsp.edu/cols/Pages/Latin%20American%20and%20Caribbean%20Speaker%20Series/elopez.aspx
or contact Jennifer Collins, associate professor of political science at
UW-Stevens Point, at 715-346-2439 or jecollin@uwsp.edu.