A dialoguero (roughly translating to "dialogue-seeker" in English)[1] is a label for a person who wants to open negotiations with the Cuban government. The label was coined as an epithet by hard-line anti-communist Cuban exiles.[2]
The first dialogueros to emerge in the United States were Cuban students in the 1960s and 70s. These students developed various student organizations dedicated to discussing Cuban identity, culture, and politics. Many of these students were influenced by social movements and radical politics in the United States at the time. Various politically diverse publications were formed from these circles such as Nueva Generación, Joven Cuba, ¡Cuba Va!, Krisis, and Areíto. While these journals generally focused on developing Cuban identity, criticizing violent anti-communism and desiring dialogue with Cuba, they often disagreed about the successfulness of the Castro government and the role of Cuban Americans in Cuban politics.[3] The emergence of dialogueros broke the staunch conservative atmosphere of Cuban exile politics, and opened the possibility of a Cuban-American left.[4]
- ^ "Disbelief, Outrage Abound in Miami's Little Havana". Los Angeles Times. 1994.
- ^ Nielsen, Kirk (April 10, 2003). "Dialogueros". miaminewtimes.com. Miami New Times. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ García, María Cristina (1998). "Hardliners v. "Dialogueros": Cuban Exile Political Groups and United States-Cuba Policy". Journal of American Ethnic History. 17 (4): 9–25. JSTOR 27502335. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ Latner, Teishan (January 11, 2018). Cuban Revolution in America: Havana and the Making of a United States Left, 1968–1992. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 153–166. ISBN 9781469635477.
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