{"title":"Cuba's Three Autocratic Transitions: From Revolutionary Regime to (Post)Totalitarianism and New Authoritarianism?","authors":"Armando Chaguaceda, Susanne Gratius","doi":"10.1111/blar.70070","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Cuba is the oldest and most consolidated autocracy in the Americas. Its Revolution in 1959, the charisma of Fidel Castro, the single-party system and the US embargo have made the island an exceptional case. However, recent developments such as popular protests, limited reforms, emigration or socio-economic decline are bringing about some political changes. Within a peculiar autocratic continuity since the Cuban Revolution, the presidency of Miguel Díaz-Canel corresponds to some characteristics of new authoritarianism which will be examined in this article, focusing on the idea of three intra-autocratic transitions: (1) from an authoritarian revolutionary regime to totalitarianism, (2) from totalitarian to post-totalitarianism and (3) towards new authoritarianism that preserves some features of the past.</p>","PeriodicalId":9338,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","volume":"45 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/blar.70070","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bulletin of Latin American Research","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/blar.70070","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AREA STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cuba is the oldest and most consolidated autocracy in the Americas. Its Revolution in 1959, the charisma of Fidel Castro, the single-party system and the US embargo have made the island an exceptional case. However, recent developments such as popular protests, limited reforms, emigration or socio-economic decline are bringing about some political changes. Within a peculiar autocratic continuity since the Cuban Revolution, the presidency of Miguel Díaz-Canel corresponds to some characteristics of new authoritarianism which will be examined in this article, focusing on the idea of three intra-autocratic transitions: (1) from an authoritarian revolutionary regime to totalitarianism, (2) from totalitarian to post-totalitarianism and (3) towards new authoritarianism that preserves some features of the past.
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The Bulletin of Latin American Research publishes original research of current interest on Latin America, the Caribbean, inter-American relations and the Latin American Diaspora from all academic disciplines within the social sciences, history and cultural studies. In addition to research articles, the journal also includes a Debates section, which carries "state-of-the-art" reviews of work on particular topics by leading scholars in the field. The Bulletin also publishes a substantial section of book reviews, aiming to cover publications in English, Spanish and Portuguese, both recent works and classics of the past revisited.
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