Cuban Revolution: Will It Lead Term Paper

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This fear of increased racism is echoed in the voices of the indigenous population as well. They fear a potential backlash against Indians by descendants of Spanish colonialists. There has even been a religious element to the protest against capitalism. Despite again, the common expectation of an outside observer that a new infusion of capitalism would favor religion, since capitalism deems religion, in Marx's words, the opiate of the masses, in fact religion in Latin America has usually offered voice, through liberation theology to the descamidas, or shirtless ones, rather than to the affluent. Although a Catholic religious influence stresses the need to end official state atheism, it does not necessarily see capitalism as the solution to Cuban social problems.

Thus, there are a variety of voiced motivations given for protest, some of which are economic, regarding fears of Cuba's lack of competitiveness on a global level, others of which are ideological, citing some of the positive social advancements seen in Cuba, regarding women and the end to the most noxious forms of racism and classism, that afflicted the nation before the revolution.
Also, for many, access to basic goods such as food and clothing ahs increased, rather than decreased, as a result of Castro's influence upon the nation. (Brundenius, 1981) Despite the cultural attractions and encroachments of the capitalist cultures of the West, emulation and competition with these cultures and influences remains a daunting prospect, and would undeniably require great sacrifices upon the part of the Cuban populace. (Wordiq, 2004)

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