The Deal's Off: Inequality  

Oleh:

[s.n]

Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8777 (Mar. 2012), page SS5-SS7.
Topik: Social Conditions & Trends; Politics; International Relations; Foreign Investment; Dictators

Ketersediaan

Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

Lihat Detail Induk

Isi artikel

Just outside Santa Clara, a city in central Cuba, in a hotel that was once a Communist Party hospitality center, a trio of musicians entertains a large group of German tourists. The trio belts out "Hasta Siempre, Comandante", an anthem to Che Guevara, whose capture of an armored train at Santa Clara prompted the collapse of the Batista dictatorship. Then they strike up "Chan Chan" from the Buena Vista Social Club. That music is associated with the Batista years, consigning its elderly practitioners to neglect under communism until Ry Cooder, an American, turned them into international superstars in the late 1990s. In a confusion the government has happily exploited, they have become incongruous icons of the Cuban revolutionary myth. That myth has been extraordinarily potent and durable. Along with Caribbean beaches and cheap rum, it draws tourists to Cuba (2.7m last year, a record). It has led the Latin American and European left to treat the Cuban dictatorship with indulgence.

Opini Anda

Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini!

Kembali