Good-Bye Che?: Scope, Identity, and Change in Cuba’s South

Daniele BenziXimena Zapata2026-03-242026-03-24201710.1057/978-1-137-53969-4_4https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53969-4_4https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/99851Citaciones: 18The chapter offers an analysis of the scope, identity, and changing features in Cuba’s SSC from the 1960s until the beginning of the twenty-first century. Focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean and employing a sociohistorical and international political economy approach, the authors argue that Cuban health cooperation has been gradually shifting from a political and humanitarian approach to an economic market-driven policy reflected in Cuba’s earnings from medical export services. The chapter further shows that the close relationship between Cuba and Venezuela represents a milestone that has reinforced this shift in the past years.enMilestoneLatin AmericansScope (computer science)Identity (music)PoliticsPolitical scienceEarningsEconomyDevelopment economicsPolitical economyGeographySociologyEconomicsCartographyLawGood-Bye Che?: Scope, Identity, and Change in Cuba’s South–South Cooperationbook-chapter