The new President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúde has assumed office and three women were also voted in as vice presidents, and two of them are black (Afro-Cuban).
Cuba is becoming more progressive as the country is making moves toward diversity and away from its former white dominated legacy. The country is getting more black leadership with two Black women vice-presidents, Inés María Chapman and Beatriz Jhonson. Both women are engineers, and they, along with the third female Vice President, Gladys Maria Bejerano Portela, will help lead this new historic Cuban government.
These appointments have great historical significance, the importance may now trickle down to the people who need it most – the Afro-Cubans who have struggled since Cuba’s 1990s economic downturn. There are three other Vice Presidents – in total, three VPs are black and three are women, making it the most diverse ruling council in Cuba’s history.
Cuba’s new National Assembly is all 53.2% women, which is a major development.
Alejandro de la Fuente, a professor of Cuban Studies at Harvard University said:
“Even if this was window-dressing, it would mean they feel the need to dress the window a certain colour, and that is something one would not have said 30 years ago.”
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