Mirella Madafferi
José Martí's ideal within the Cuban revolutionary process and in Fidel Castro's political discourse
Fidel Castro described José Martí as the intellectual and moral author of the assault on the Moncada Barracks in 1953, placing the Cuban revolutionary action that culminated in 1959 in historical continuity with the independence movements of the late nineteenth century. This made it possible to define the Castro revolutionary process not as an isolated break, but as the fulfillment of national independence.
The project aims to analyze to what extent the Cuban Revolution was inspired by Martí’s ideals, examining both continuities and divergences in the governing practices of the Revolutionary State in the post-World War II period and within Fidel Castro’s political discourse.
Interessi di ricerca
History of colonialism in Latin America; History of contemporary Latin America; Latin American independence processes; History of Latin American political thought; José Martí; Cuban Revolution; Anti-imperialism and nationalism in Latin America; Construction of national identity in Cuba;