Revisiting the agrarian question in Cuba (1959–2018): A peasant alternative in the global era?

In Latin America the issue of land has been underdiscussed in academic, social and political circles, but it is essential to understanding many of the socio-economic and political transformations of the 20th and 21st centuries. The agrarian question in Cuba has not been given in-depth consideration from a long-term perspective that unites the old land reform arguments of developmentalism with the new agrarian questions of the global era. This chapter explores the long process of land reform in Cuba (1959–2020), seeking to understand whether it is a paradigmatic and alternative case in the regional context. In this sense, the chapter analyses the interactions between the state and the Cuban peasant movement that have kept land claims on the political agenda since the revolution began.