“La sierra y el llano”. Review of the Cuban Revolution: a reinterpretation, by Vânia Bambirra

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2026.232696

Keywords:

Cuban Revolution, Socialism, Marxist Dependency Theory, Imperialism, Cuba

Abstract

 First published in Mexico by Editora Nuestro Tiempo in 1974, the work The Cuban Revolution: A Reinterpretation was only published in Brazil fifty years later. This important work was undertaken by Editora Expressão Popular, which, over just over two hundred pages, presented to the Brazilian public all the vigor and theoretical depth of Vânia Bambirra analysis of the Cuban Revolution. Bambirra’s understanding of the Cuban Revolution from the general features of its dependent capitalism and its constituent classes is illuminating. That is, that the Revolution would inexorably involve a confrontation with imperialism, given the absence of a national bourgeoisie linked to industry. Indeed, her political analysis of the revolutionary process aligns with her economic analysis of dependent Latin American capitalism, based on a rich typology she created in her work Dependent Latin American Capitalism. In this sense, Bambirra’s analysis of the Cuban Revolution provides an invaluable contribution to the study of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary processes in other Latin American countries.

 

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Author Biography

  • Glauber Lopes Xavier, Goiás State University

    Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Economia da Universidade Estadual de Goiás. Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. E-mail: glauber.xavier@ueg.br.

     

References

BAMBIRRA, Vânia. A revolução cubana: uma reinterpretação. Tradução: Elizabeth Zorgetz e Leonardo Griz. 1 ed. São Paulo: Expressão Popular, 2024. 232 p.

BAMBIRRA, Vânia. La Revolución Cubana: una reinterpretación. Cidade do México: Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, 1974.

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FIGARO, Roseli. Estudos de recepção para a crítica da comunicação. In: CITELLI, Adilson Odair; COSTA, Maria Cristina (Eds.). Educomunicação, construindo uma nova área do conhecimento. São Paulo: Paulinas, 2011.

Published

2026-02-04

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Section

Book review

How to Cite

Lopes Xavier, G. (2026). “La sierra y el llano”. Review of the Cuban Revolution: a reinterpretation, by Vânia Bambirra. Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies, 25(52), e232696. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2026.232696