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50 Years of Cuban Medical Diplomacy
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| When | Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 12:00pm |
| Where | Intercultural Center CANCELED |
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CLAS presents: Julie M. Feinsilver, Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University Fifty Years of Cuban Medical Diplomacy: From Idealism to Pragmatism. Medical diplomacy has been a cornerstone of Cuban foreign policy since the outset of the Revolution. It has helped Cuba garner symbolic capital (good will, influence and prestige) well beyond what would have been possible for a small, developing country; and has contributed to making Cuba a player on the world stage. In recent years, medical diplomacy has also been instrumental in providing considerable material capital (aid, credit and trade) to keep the Revolution afloat. This paper will examine why and how Cuba has conducted medical diplomacy over the past (almost) fifty years, the results of that effort, and the mix of idealism and pragmatism that has characterized this experience. A revolution can be measured by its actions to implement its ideals. Sean Brotherton, Department of Anthropology, Yale University Fueling la Revolución: Transactional Humanitarianism, Medical Diplomacy, and 'the Struggle for Socialism' in 21st Cuba. This paper examines Cuba’s recent export of medical doctors throughout the world for hard currency. Specifically, I focus on several case studies, including the Barrio Adentro (Inside the Barrio) program, where over 20,000 Cuban physicians are working in Venezuelan communities providing medical care in exchange for hard currency and subsidized petroleum, popularly known as “the oil-for- aid deal.” I examine the Cuban state’s recent mobilization of biomedicine as a technology of politics and the effective integration of medical expertise into its strategies of corporate governance under the banner of the “struggle for socialism”. In doing so, I explore how the moral legitimacy of the state is both challenged and maintained by the Cuban government’s foreign aid policies, commonly referred to as “international proletarianism.” To RSVP please go to: http://www12.georgetown.edu/sfs/rsvp/clas |
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