Cuba seems to be a paradigmatic case where the peasantry is not an anachronism. Cuban peasants had a significant role in the past as they did return to the political agenda after the Revolution with particular emphasis under Raul Castro’s administration. However, the Cuban case has not been significantly explored from a long-term perspective that connects the old debates and dimensions of land reforms under developmentalist States to the new agrarian questions in the global era. Based on secondary sources, semi-structured interviews and updated data on land structures this article explores the long-term process of land reform in Cuba.
