Cuba celebrates its election to Human Rights Council despite “smear campaign”

Cuba celebrated its election to the United Nations Human Rights Council this Tuesday, a candidacy criticized by activists and opponents of the Cuban government, in what Havana considers a “smear campaign” to “overshadow” the Revolution’s achievements. “Cuba elected to the Human Rights Council by 170 votes, 88% of the members of the UN…. Despite the …

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Race and Heredity in Contemporary Cuban Society

In 2017, the university student Yanay Aguirre Calerín was involved in an argument with a taxi driver in Havana. After receiving racist comments, she was forced to get out of the vehicle. In Cuba, according to the 2012 Census data based on self-identified skin color, Whites represent 64.3% of the total population, Blacks represent 9.3%, and mulattoes 26.6%. …

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