Cuba and South-South Cooperation: Any contribution of a socialist regime to IDC?

Authors

  • Marina Bolfarine Caixeta Departamento de Estudos Latino-Americanos (ELA) Universidade de Brasília

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.71275

Keywords:

Cuba, South-South Cooperation, Socialism, Health, IDC.

Abstract

Since the Cuban Revoluion of 1959, Cuba has been ruled by a political system based on socialist principles. That has carachterized the way the State develop its public policies inside and outside its’ fronteers providing public goods for Cubans and also designing a Cuban foreign policy focused in partnerships with countries and peoples from the Global South and in areas of public interest that amounts to collective welfare. This papper discuss how a socialist regime can realize South-South Cooperation, especially the one dedicated to public health services: the so-called Cuban “White Army” around the world and also the Latin American Medical School (ELAM).

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Author Biography

Marina Bolfarine Caixeta, Departamento de Estudos Latino-Americanos (ELA) Universidade de Brasília

Mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento, Sociedade e Cooperação Internacional - CEAM da Universidade de Brasília; especialista em Desenvolvimento Sustentável - CDS da Universidade de Brasília e bacharel em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade Católica de Brasília.

Published

2017-12-11

How to Cite

Caixeta, M. B. (2017). Cuba and South-South Cooperation: Any contribution of a socialist regime to IDC?. Conjuntura Austral, 8(43), 24–38. https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.71275

Issue

Section

RESEARCH
Received 2017-02-15
Accepted 2017-10-17
Published 2017-12-11

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