The Freedom Flotilla: A Legitimacy Crisis of Cuban Socialism?
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs
- Vol. 24 (2) , 183-209
- https://doi.org/10.2307/165559
Abstract
On March 20, 1980, a small group of would-be Cuban exiles attempted to force a bus through the gates of the Peruvian embassy in Havana. In the process, they killed one Cuban military guard on duty and apparently touched off a chain of events that resulted in the “Freedom Flotilla“—the dramatic emigration of 125,266 Cubans (Bowen, 1980:9). This exodus, one of the most controversial episodes in recent U.S.-Cuban relations, also sparked a national and international ideological debate over its significance. Central to the ideological struggle and the theme of this article are the legitimacy problems facing the Cuban state.Keywords
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- Cuba in the 1980sForeign Affairs, 1986