ABSTRACT
In the last decade of the twentieth century and the first one of the twenty-first, very significant events in international relations have occurred. The disintegration of the socialist bloc, the end of the project of “really existing socialism,” and the disappearance of the USSR represent deep changes in the correlation of forces on a world scale. Although the Cold War ended, confrontation between the United States and Cuba continued, as did an absence of dialogue, persistent hostility on the part of several U.S. administrations, and resistance by the Cuban revolution.
