Notes1 Cuba is a land of contradictions. People have no money, but no one goes hungry. Buildings are crumbling, yet Havana is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It rains when the sun is shining, and the streets are full of antique cars that should have died years ago. Cubans continue to […]

I was invited to talk because I am reasonably well versed in U.S. and international trade policy, and not because I am an expert on Cuba. My focus, as suggested, will be on the post-Castro period. Put differently, I was asked to speculate because none of us knows what the political or economic structure will […]

When Cuba lost the former Soviet Union’s economic support, the island entered what is commonly called the Special Period. Stretching now for over a decade, the Special Period has been marked by material deprivation, ongoing legal and illegal emigration, societal malaise, and government efforts to prop up revolutionary fervor. But the Special Period has also […]

Notes1 Si el gobierno de Castro no demuestra tener soluciones ni futuro para Cuba que permitan que los que estamos proponiendo alternativas, con el apoyo de nuestros hermanos del exilio y de lo que quizás es una mayoría silenciosa en el país, le demos lo que hasta ahora ellos no han permitido brindar a cabalidad. […]

The experience gained from the extraordinary process of transition, still under way in Central and Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union, is rich with lessons that could guide policy making and action in a Cuba of the future. This presentation attempts to distill some of these lessons and to explore those which would […]