![]() ![]() ![]() The problem that state officials continue to face is how to transform that symbolic capital into economic capital without sacrificing ideological principles. As symbols of the strength of the state and one of the few remaining “successes” of the Revolution, Cuban sports performances remain vital symbolic capital for current and future administrations. A crucial element of the legitimating discourse of the Cuban state, domestically and internationally, has been the relative success of its sports teams in international competition. How the state managed to maintain sufficient legitimacy in light of the growing economic hardships and class restructuring Cuban society underwent in these initial post-Soviet years remains somewhat mysterious. After the collapse of the socialist states of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the Cuban state faced its greatest crisis. ![]()
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