The Red Affair: FMLN–Cuban relations during the Salvadoran Civil War, 1981–92
This paper examines the relationship between the leftist Salvadoran revolutionary organisation FMLN and the Cuban regime throughout the Salvadoran civil war in the 1980s. In light of interviews conducted by the author in 2007 and 2008 with some of the highest-ranking leaders of the FMLN, it re-evaluates existing primary and secondary sources on the topic. This study demonstrates that despite its autonomous roots, the FMLN's development, growth, and achievements throughout the Salvadoran civil war were indissolubly linked to its relationship with Cuba. By placing Cuba as a nodal point in the Salvadoran civil war, the idea of ‘unilateralist’ US hegemony in the region throughout the Cold War is brought into question, as is the notion that the Soviet Union fashioned Havana's foreign policy. Furthermore, this analytical paradigm begins to shed light on the importance of transnational historical analyses.
To Make a World Safe for Revolution: Cuba's Foreign Policy
Introduction The Formative Years The Security Regime Cuba's Challenge to the Soviet Union in the 1960s The Reestablishment of Soviet Hegemony Support for Revolutionary Movements Support for Revolutionary States Cuba's Relations with Capitalist Countries Cuba's Diplomacy in the Americas and the Third World How Cuban Foreign Policy Is Made Appendix A: Interviews Conducted in Cuba and Elsewhere Appendix B: Technical Notes on Soviet-Cuban Economic Relations Notes Index
Health-care practices of the rural aged.
1. One of the primary concerns of the rural aged is the maintenance of their physical health so that they may function independently and remain in their own homes. 2. The findings of this study indicate that most older rural adults do not regularly have positive health-care practices. This may be due to the unavailability of health-care providers or health promotion programs in isolated rural areas. 3. Implications of this study include the need to make health promotion programs relevant to the concerns of the rural aged rather than those of the urban elderly.