Cuba: Social Participation and Youth Practices in Times of COVID-19

This article deals with some experiences developed by Cuban adolescents and young people during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (march-august 2020) from their integration into youth organizations such as the Union of Young Communists, the University Student Federation and the Hermanos Saiz Association; other community organizations such as the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution and the Federation of Cuban Women, and a third group of a more spontaneous nature. There is in every case a reading of the lessons learned from these practices. Likewise, preliminary results of the research are offered: Youth trajectories and practices in times of the COVID 19 pandemic, which is part of a project in which several academic units of FLACSO in Latin America and the Caribbean are participating. Among the main results of the study is the active participation of young populations in the cooling to the pandemic, and the changes and adjustments they have had to make in their daily practices.