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  • Director, Centre for Communication, Politics and Culture, RMIT University
In Cuba, unlike in many Latin American countries, when you see children on the street, they’re not begging; they’re playing. And therein lies Castro’s dilemma: how to reform Cuba’s stagnant economy without losing what’s working? Dan Lundberg/flickr

Castro’s conundrum: finding a post‑communist model Cuba can follow

Dr Antonio Castillo, RMIT University

Cuba won’t tolerate the high social costs paid by China and Vietnam in their shift to market capitalism, but its economy desperately needs a reboot.
Demonstration at the Public Television station of Asuncion, Paraguay, 24 June 2012. EPA/Andres Cristaldo

Paraguay: chronicle of a foretold coup

Dr Antonio Castillo, RMIT University

The coup that last week ousted democratically elected Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo has shown once again that democracy in Latin America remains vulnerable to the actions of right wing forces. It…
Graves of Argentinean servicemen killed by UK forces in the 1982 war. AAP/EPA/Flight Sergeant Andy Carnall

Las Malvinas or Falkland Islands: British or Argentinean?

Dr Antonio Castillo, RMIT University

The first buildings in Las Malvinas – or the Falklands as the British call the islands in the South Atlantic – were houses made of stone and were built by Argentinean hands. It was in 1831 when forty men…

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