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Behind COVID‐19: Deepening Poverty in Cuba
Author(s) -
Tedesco Laura,
Diamint Rut
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.13185
Subject(s) - covid-19 , government (linguistics) , civil society , poverty , political science , development economics , political economy , economic growth , sociology , economics , politics , law , virology , medicine , outbreak , linguistics , philosophy , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The article explores the Cuban government's reaction to COVID‐19, emphasising its control of the press and the role of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). The main question is whether the health crisis could empower or weaken the government vis‐à‐vis civil society.