"It is important that the left reflect on the mistakes made."

As a result of popular advances in Latin America and the Caribbean decades ago, “We understood that the right wing wasn’t wasting time; the right wing was arming itself politically, economically, in every sense,” Adalberto Augusto Ronda Varona, Director of the Center for International Policy Research (CIPI) of Cuba, stated this in a dialogue with CLACSO TV. “Everything that was done was not enough to bring about transformations to such an extent that they would prevent what happened.” with the advance of neoliberalism in the region, in the face of which “It is important that the left reflect on the mistakes made.”

Interviewed by Gustavo Lema

Interviewed on the occasion of CLACSO's participation in the Forum "Cuba in Revolution: 60 Years of Transformations" on October 21 in Havana, Ronda Varona - a graduate in Social Sciences and a Doctor of Philosophical Sciences - assessed his own experience with CLACSO over the years and added that the Forum “It is a remarkable encounter because it does justice to history, helps us remember the past and prevent the future. It is important because it unites us.”.