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Jorge C. Carrasco

Jorge C. Carrasco is a Cuban journalist and writer. His work has appeared in many outlets, including Foreign Policy, the Spectator, the National Interest, and Época.

4 Posts

Cuba’s Doomed War on Independent Art

Cuba’s Doomed War on Independent Art

There were seven police officers, all dressed as civilians. They arrived at the improvised Havana music studio on the morning of Monday, September 28th, kicked down the door and found their target—Maykel Castillo Pérez, a well-known Cuban rapper and human rights activist who was in the process of recording

Jorge C. Carrasco

13 Dec 2020 · 4 min read

Remembering Reinaldo Arenas and His Enduring Lessons on Repression, Torment, and Exile

Remembering Reinaldo Arenas and His Enduring Lessons on Repression, Torment, and Exile

All in all, more than 130,000 set sail on rafts and boats made of rotten wood, house doors, truck tires, and anything else that could float.

Jorge C. Carrasco

23 Jul 2020 · 7 min read

How Venezuelan Democracy Lost the Battle Against Castro

How Venezuelan Democracy Lost the Battle Against Castro

An interview with Venezuelan journalist Orlando Avendaño.

Jorge C. Carrasco

12 May 2019 · 6 min read

60 Years On: Reflections on the Revolution in Cuba

60 Years On: Reflections on the Revolution in Cuba

It would be decades before the people fully understood the fraudulence of 1959’s heady idealism, but it was corrupt from the start.

Jorge C. Carrasco

7 Jan 2019 · 6 min read