Hare Comments on Anti-Government Protests in Cuba
Ambassador Paul Hare, Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a Guardian article in which he discusses the recent anti-government protests in Cuba.
The article, titled “Cuban president claims protests part of US plot to ‘fracture’ Communist party,” explores the motivators and response to protests in Cuba, which the government has called “a United States-backed, social media-driven plot to stir up public discontent and overthrow the Cuban regime.”
Hare commented on the Cuban government’s response stating that the government appears worried about the coordinated protests as they could prove to be a legitimate rival political movement. He predicted there might be a political crackdown on those identified as protest ringleaders as Communist party security chiefs seek to quell the movement.
The full article can be read on The Guardian‘s website.
Ambassador Paul Hare was a British diplomat for 30 years and the British ambassador to Cuba from 2001-04. He now teaches classes at Boston University on Diplomatic Practice, Arms Control, Intercultural Communication, and on Cuba in Transition. His novel, “Moncada — A Cuban Story,” set in modern Cuba, was published in 2010. His book, “Making Diplomacy Work; Intelligent Innovation for the Modern World” was published in 2015. Learn more about Professor Hare on his faculty profile.