Exiles are Keeping the Faith
Why do Haitians leave their homeland? How do their leaders interact with government and civic institutions in their new localities?
Marifeli Pérez-Stable is a professor of sociology in the School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University. From 2004 to 2009, she was vice president for democratic governance at the Inter-American Dialogue.
Pérez-Stable is the author of The Cuban Revolution: Origins, Course, and Legacy (2012) and The United States and Cuba: Intimate Enemies (2011). She is also the editor of Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba’s Transition (2007). Her column on Latin American topics appeared every other Thursday in Miami Herald. She has also written opinion pieces for El País, Financial Times, La Vanguardia, El Clarín, Excelsior, El Nuevo Herald, and The Nation.
Pérez-Stable received her master’s in political science from the University of Florida and her doctorate in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an associate of COMEXI, the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations.
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Women still playing catch up
Women in Latin America have come a long way but aren’t there yet. The legacy of Iberian colonialism, male-centered Catholicism and an undemocratic past all contributed to societies that subjugated women to men.
Plotting the Way Forward
To get where we want to go, Cubans of all political leanings — no matter where we live — need many more mediators from within our ranks. That’s the way forward.