Articles by

RAFAEL ROJAS

Rafael Rojas (Santa Clara, Cuba, 1965). He is a historian and essayist. He has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Havana and a PhD in History from El Colegio de México. He is a regular contributor to the magazine Letras Libres and the newspaper El País, and is a member of the editorial board of the magazine Istor of the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE). He has published the books: Un banquete canónico (2000), Revolución, disidencias y exilio intelectual cubano (2006), La vanguardia peregrina. El escritor cubano, la tradición y el exilio (2013), among others. Since July 2019, he occupies chair 11 of the Mexican Academy of History.

Lydia Cabrera and the Dark Rebellions

Lydia Cabrera was part of the Africanist movement almost since its origins, and true to the excitement...

Russian Recolonization of Cuba

The Russian project of reforming the Cuban economy has undergone a real diplomatic offensive in recent months,...

Picasso in Lezama’s Eye

Pablo Picasso, an awkward totem of the 20th century avant-garde, died in Mougins on April 8, 1973....

Houellebecq and the reactionary revolution

Anéantir (2022), Michel Houellebecq's new novel, is -as it was also the case with his previous title...

Eltit, Bolaño and the New Constitution

A few years ago, on the centennial of the Querétaro Constitution, Mexican critic Vicente Quirarte compiled a...

Juan Villoro: The Unfathomable Criminality

Juan Villoro’s latest novel, entitled La tierra de la gran promesa, like the superlative translation of the...

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: Closed Circuits of the Cold War

In the rich and growing historiography on the Cold War in Latin America and the Caribbean, it...

Cintio Vitier: A Cuban fight against skepticism

It is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Cintio Vitier (1921-2009), a fundamental essayist and poet...