Cuba: pesquisa científica e inovação tecnológica Cuba: scientific research and technological innovation

O chamado "período especial" atravessado por Cuba após a queda da URSS e do seu bloco é examinado da perspectiva da concentração de esforços nas políticas de desenvolvimento científico e tecnológico. As condições que levaram ao perfil atual dessas políticas, os seus limites e os seus êxitos são expostos. O grande desafio, segundo o autor, consiste em preservar as conquistas do socialismo enquanto se promove a construção de um novo paradigma tecnológico que permita uma inserção ativa no mundo globalizado.<br>The so-called Special Period through which Cuba went after the breakdown of the USSR and of its block is examined from the viewpoint of the concentration of effort on the policies for scientific and technological development. The conditions which have led to the present shape of those policies are exposed, as well as their limits and the areas in which they have been most successful. The great challenge, according to the author, consists in preserving the conquests of Socialism while promoting the building of a new technological paradigm allowing an active insertion in the global world.