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The Freedom Flotilla: A Legitimacy Crisis of Cuban Socialism?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Gastón A. Fernández
Gastón A. Fernández*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
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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.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , May 1982 , pp. 183 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © University of Miami 1982

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