Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·1d agoThe Algorithmic Diaspora: Monetizing UprootingThe competition for clicks can crowd out voices from Cuba and fuel confrontation; journalism must respond with evidence and historical…
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·1d agoCuban Exile: Beggars for FreedomExile’s pain demands accountability — not applause. Washington must answer.
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·6d agoMiami: The Cost of ObediencePolitical loyalty ceases to be a virtue when it becomes an excuse for failing to defend rights. The memory of exile deserves better than…
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Oct 20Neither Here Nor ThereMiami’s universities turn Cuba into a showcase for prestige and fundraising while avoiding the decisive question: what permanent…
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Oct 11The Intrinsic Intransigence of the Blonde CrabConvoluted chronicle of an indecisive, ill-considered decision in the Washingtonian strategy for Cuba.
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Oct 6Mourners of PatriotismExile, embargo, and the comfortable habit of demanding other people’s sacrifices.
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Sep 15From ‘Che’ to Parole: Anatomy of the ‘New Man’The perfect failure of utopia: how the Revolution failed to create the new man and instead produced the portable, disbelieving, and fierce…
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Sep 13Miami: The Republic of NostalgiaAn essay on how Cuban exile, political nostalgia, and institutional funding can turn a nation’s memory into a market, a source of…
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Sep 11Mercenaries of the Word: The Cuban Exile in the Face of Its Digital Fifth ColumnHow funded publications, influencers from Miami and Madrid, and outrage algorithms turned the Cuban cause into a rumor economy.
Dr. Pedro A. González Jr MJ MAC·Sep 5The Portable Homeland: Memory, Distance, and the MuzzleChronicle of an island that learned to carry the homeland in a suitcase, defend it with music, and survive the bureaucrats who tried to…