Cuba Ep. 12: The Two Sisters, Cuba and Puerto Rico w/ Niki Franco AKA Venus Roots

Podcast: Upstream · Upstream

Opublikowano: 2026-10-20

In this conversation, episode 12 in our ongoing series on Cuba, we're joined by Niki Franco, AKA Venus Roots, for a discussion on what the radically different histories of Cuba and Puerto Rico can teach us about colonialism, capitalism, socialism, and the struggle for liberation in the Caribbean and beyond. Niki Franco is a Caribbean abolitionist community organizer, writer, facilitator of spaces for collective study, and author of Flies in the Tropics published this month by 1804 Books. The conversation begins with Niki describing her connection to Puerto Rico and introducing us to her working class family history in...