Gusano (pejorative)
Political insult for anti-Castro Cubans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gusano (lit. worm, fem. gusana)[1][2] is a pejorative term used to refer to Cubans who fled Cuba following the rise of Fidel Castro after the Cuban Revolution.[3][4] The term has connotations referring to the Cuban revolution's Marxist political philosophy in which the use of the term "worm" can imply a parasitic relationship to the working class. Traditionally capitalist economic roles, such as that of a landlord or plantation owner, especially within the Cuban political context of American corporate plantation ownership are considered "parasitic" under this Marxist model, like some worms.
This article is about the term used to refer to anti-revolutionary Cubans. For other uses, see Gusano.