The memories of a village in the Revolution: Las Terrazas (Cuba)

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• Nicholas Williams
• Wednesday 05 February 2014, 13:00-14:00
• Combination Room, Wolfson College.

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In 1971, the community of Las Terrazas was officially inaugurated as part of the development plan for the Sierra del Rosario, Pinar del Río province, Cuba. A comprehensive reforestation and development plan had preceded the construction of the village in a heavily impoverished area. Later, it turned into one of Cuba’s first sustainable tourism development schemes, and continues to be a model community. Oral testimony has recently been published on the subject (Reynaldo González, Conversaciones en Las Terrazas, Havanna 2010) which underpins a local identity interwoven with a national process, though its success arguably outscores that of the Cuban revolution today.

This talk is part of the Wolfson College Lunchtime Seminar Series - Wednesdays of Full Term series.

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