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March 8, 2026
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Speaking Out: Political Dissidence in Modern Cuba

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Join Anamely Ramos, Visiting Mellon Scholar in the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois-Chicago for this free, in-person talk about activism in present day Cuba.

Are you a member of the Latine community? Attend a special community event and the 2pm performance of Two Sisters and a Piano after the lecture.

Community Event & Show

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Two Sisters

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Directed by Lisa Portes

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About the Presenter

Anamely Ramos

Lecturer/Presenter

Anamely Ramos graduated with a degree in Art History, University of Havana, 2007 and a Master's Degree in Cuban Cultural Processes, University of the Arts, 2014. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Anthropology at the Universidad Iberoamericana de México and has held a position as a visiting researcher in the Department of Latin America and Latino Studies at the University of Illinois in Chicago, since August 2024. She was a professor of Cuban Art and African Art for twelve years at the University of the Arts of Cuba, from which she was expelled for political discrimination in 2019. After leaving Cuba in 2021, from Mexico, and now from the United States, she continues to participate in actions of Cubans in the diaspora and collaborate with various international organizations to make visible the violations of human rights in Cuba. In February 2022, she tried to return to the island twice and was not allowed to board the plane by orders of the Cuban State.

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