Óscar Pino Santos

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Óscar Pino Santos in March 1962

Óscar Pino Santos (born April 23, 1928 in Banes , † January 17, 2004 in Havana ) was a Cuban journalist and diplomat .

Life

Óscar Pino Santos graduated from high school in Havana and began studying law at the University of Havana , but later graduated in journalism . He worked as a journalist for the Communist Party of Cuba organ Hoy and the Canal 2 television channel .

After Fidel Castro came to power in January 1959, Pino belonged to a group of confidants convened by Castro in confidence, who drafted the land reform law without the knowledge of the responsible minister of agriculture. By decree of the revolutionary government led by Castro, the reform came into force in May 1959 as one of the central projects of the Cuban revolution .

From November 24, 1960 to May 22, 1967 Pino Santos was accredited as envoy extraordinary and ministre plénipotentiaire in Beijing and in the same function in Phnom Penh . In the 1970s, when the movement of the non-aligned states , including Cuba as the leading government, lost its role, Santos was a frequent participant in international conferences. During this period he held numerous lectures and seminars against the teaching of the Chicago Boys . Santos represented the positions of the Cuban government at Jawaharlal Nehru University and was a faculty member at the Center for International Affairs at Harvard University . He has taught at numerous academic institutions in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe.

At the conference of the non-aligned in Colombo 1976 he was elected chairman of the Asociación de Economistas del Tercer Mundo until 1980 . In Havana he founded and directed the Centro de Estudios sobre América (CEA) and the Centro de Investigaciones de la Economía Mundial (CIEM). From 1981 he was assessor at the Cuban State Council.

In addition to his historical activities, he also wrote history in numerous publications.

Publications

  • El asalto a Cuba par la oligarquia financiera norteamericana, Editorial Casa de las Americas, Havana, 1973,
  • La estructura Económica de Cuba y la Reforma Agraria, Editorial Tierra nueva, Havana, 1959
  • El imperialismo norteamericano en la economía de Cuba, Editorial Lex, Havana, 1960 and Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 1973
  • Historia de Cuba: aspectos fundamentales, Editoral del Consejo Nacional de Universidades, Pekin, 1963, Havana, 1964, 2nd edition
  • El asalto a Cuba por la oligarquía financiera yanqui, Premio Ensayo "Casa de las Américas", 1973, Editorial Orbe, Instituto Cubano del Libro, 1975; Editorial Universitaria de Buenos Aires, 1974, under the title La oligarquía yanqui en Cuba , Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1973
  • Problemas económicos del Tercer Mundo y estrategia de los Países No Alineados, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1976
  • El Nuevo Orden Económico Internacional, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1979
  • La crisis económica en Estados Unidos y la política de Reagan, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1982
  • Cuba: historia y economía, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales, Havana, 1983
  • Complot, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1992
  • JFK: ¿quién lo mató ?, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1994; JFK conspiracao ?, Pensieri Consultoria e Ediçoes Ltda, Sao Paulo, 1994
  • Los tiempos de Fidel, el Che y Mao: tal y como los conocí, Editorial Nuestro Tiempo, Mexico City, 1997
  • Los años 50, selección de trabajos publicados en la revista Carteles, Oficina de Publicaciones y Proyectos Especiales del Instituto Cubano del Libro, Havana, 2001

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On February 18, 1953 Canal 2, Telemundo began broadcasting as the fourth commercial television station in Cuba.
  2. ^ UNAM, Asociación de Economistas
  3. ^ Instituto Cubano del Libro , Ministerio de Cultura de la República de Cuba biografia
  4. ^ Mary Elizabeth Speck, Let There be Candy for Everyone: The Politics of Sugar in Cuba, 1902-1952, El Asalto
predecessor Office successor
Regino Pedroso Aldama Cuban Ambassador to Beijing
November 24, 1960 to May 22, 1967 		Lázaro Fernández
Cuban Ambassador to Phnom Penh
November 24, 1960 to May 22, 1967 		Raúl Valdés Vivó
personal data
SURNAME Pino Santos, Óscar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pino, Óscar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban journalist and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Banes
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 2004
Place of death Havana