Havana-Merida-Chicago (A Journey to Freedom)
This second edition of Havana-Merida-Chicago is an autobiography which narrates - from human, psychological, sociological, and religious standpoints – how a Cuban scientist was raised in a communist environment, believed in it, was deceived by its dictatorial procedures, and escaped from it. The manuscript is also grounded on economic and political bases. It is an inspiring story of perseverance to succeed in life.
“The book is more than just a personal story: It is a metaphor for the power of freedom and the human spirit that eventually brings demise to repressive rule” Stanley L. Brue, egregious economist co-author of the book Macroeconomics, widely used as a textbook in business departments of American universities.
Antonio Evaristo Morales-Pita, PhD
Antonio Evaristo Morales-Pita, PhD was adjunct faculty of economics at the College of Business of DePaul University, Chicago, since 1999 to 2016, simultaneously assistant professor of international political economy at the international studies department of the same university. During 45 years, he has been working as an educator in Cuban, Mexican and American universities. He is the author of 10 books and of more than 150 papers related to the application of mathematical models to economics, to the economic evaluation and solution of environmental problems, and to the teaching of economics. He is recipient of the 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award at DePaul University, of the Cátedra Patrimonial de CONACyT 2005–2006 grant at the Merida’s Institute of Technology, Yucatán, Mexico, and of awards as outstanding professor and researcher granted by the Cuban Higher Education System, the Cuban Academy of Sciences, the Union of University Professors of Cuba, and the University of Havana.
Following the first edition of the book Havana-Merida-Chicago (A Journey to Freedom), he became columnist at La Raza weekly newspaper in Chicago and at the electronic journal www.cubanalisis.com.
He has offered talks about the book at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Robert Morris University, DePaul University, Northeastern University, and St. Augustine College, as well as at several middle and elementary schools, and the Fox Valley Forge in Aurora, IL, and the Firm Royal Prestige in Bensenville, IL.
