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Abstract

The present article aims to evaluate different criteria about marginality and specially particularities of the marginal communities in the Cuban case. Its realization was the result of an investigative process that included several techniques and procedures, among them the review of bibliographic sources, documental analysis, fieldwork and comparative methods. That made possible the description of several types of marginal communities, as well as the identification of aspects that, amidst the Cuban social project, make the marginal community in Cuba a space with the same rights and duties the enjoy the rest of the citizens, meaning, political and social participation on the nation. That allowed ascertaining that a new theoretical perception of marginality is possible in countries that have applied support policies to mitigate the economic, social and cultural difficulties that the marginality phenomenon implies.