Luciano Vasapollo

Luciano Vasapollo (1955), Professor at “La Sapienza” University of Rome and at the University "Hermanos Saíz Montes de Oca" of  Pinar del Río (Cuba) ; director of the study centre CESTES and of the journals PROTEO and NUESTRA AMERICA. Awarded of the medal Distincion “Por la Cultura Nacional”  of the  Ministerio de Cultura de la Repubblica di Cuba; "Miembro Distinguido" dell'ANEC (Asociación Nacional de Economistas y Contadores de Cuba); “Miembro  pleno del Comité de Honor Científico” de SEPLA (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Economía Política y Pensamiento Crítico); 2006 winner of the Concurso Internacional de Ensayo Pensar a Contracorriente.  Author and co-author (with Petras, Veltmeyer, Jaffe, Galarza, Arriola) of more than 30 books (some of which are published by Jaca Book). His works have been  translated in Spanish, French and German.