In the political history of Cuba, Vilma Espin Guillois is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Vilma Espin Guillois as Cuban politician (1930-2007).
Vilma Espin Guillois was born at Santiago de Cuba in 1930. Her recorded nationality is Cuba. She was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
Her political affiliation is recorded as Communist Party of Cuba and 26th of July Movement.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
Recognition followed: Lenin Peace Prize, Hero of the Republic of Cuba and Order of Playa Girón.
That the career was made in Cuba is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Vilma Espin Guillois died in 2007, aged 77. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Lenin Peace Prize
- Hero of the Republic of Cuba
- Order of Playa Girón
- Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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