ABSTRACT
Cuban cyberpunk has evolved from a science fiction style that closely mirrored its U.S.-Canadian original texts to a new style impregnated with both local and Caribbean flavors throughout its stories. Authors such as Erick J. Mota, Michel Encinosa Fu, Raúl Flores, and Yoss use cyberpunk to create their own style, which allows them to cultivate an already existent fertile ground for local rebelliousness that fuels an imaginative counter discourse to Cuban governments’ imposed restrictions, like free speech and freedom of movement. Thanks to the freedoms achieved via cyberspace, many Cuban authors have delved into discourses of race, gender, social violence, and inequality in ways that censorship would not previously allow.
