Rafael Rojas is Professor and Researcher, Center for Economic Research and Teaching, Mexico City, and he has been Visiting Professor at Princeton and Columbia University. He has written or edited more than fifteen books on Cuba, Mexican and Latin American culture. His latest book, Tumbas sin sosiego. Revolución, disidencia y exilio del intellectual cubano (2006), received The Premio Anagrama, the most prestigious prize for essay in the hispanic world.