Political Quotes

“I submit for inclusion in the Congressional Record the following article regarding the early years of the Castro regime, the policies of which created a culture of poverty in Cuba, and converted a previously developing country into an underdeveloped, closed society. The author, Professor Roland Alum, is a Garden State constituent, a long-time participant in civic activities, and has been a personal friend for three decades. He is a respected anthropologist and author whose writings have appeared in both major newspapers and academic journals. This article, which appeared in Panoramas, an electronic journal at the University of Pittsburgh, touches upon sensitive topics apropos to the current U.S.-Cuba relationship. I ask unanimous consent that the article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From Panoramas, Feb. 14, 2015] The Cuban Culture of Poverty Conundrum (By Roland Armando Alum) INTRODUCTION I propose here to re-examine certain aspects of life in ``Socialist Cuba,'' principally the so-called culture of poverty, as gauged relatively early in the Castro brothers regime by two U.S. socio-cultural anthropologists, the legendary Oscar Lewis and his proteegeee/associate Douglas Butterworth, whose research project 4.5 decades ago was surrounded by controversy and enigmas.…”