Student Help: the "Pacts"

1957. July 12: Sierra Maestra Manifesto
November: Miami Pact
December: Castro denounces Miami Pact

1958. July 20: Pacto de Caracas


Central element for political analysis:

• Trade-off b/w goal of coalition building and goal of coalition control.

Then, two key questions:

1. Who is included as ally, who is excluded, and who gains control in each step?
2. What is more at stake: ideology or control? (Hint: compare Castro's argument against Miami Pact and his position in Caracas Pact, especially regarding military intervention).
   

Pacts are the visible results in the constant search for allies. Castro's condemnation of Miami pact (which excluded him) is part and parcel of his systematic efforts at keeping control over a movement that depends on coalition mobilization and expansion.

Pacts and counter-pacts are motivated both by the search of allies and the goal of control.