The author makes the assumption that there will not be a rapid political transition in Cuba immediately after the death of Mr. Fidel Castro. It is also assumed that democracy, constitutional guarantees and liberties, and the rule of law will not be established over a short period of time. Instead, it is argued here that […]

These brief comments address several pointed ideas raised in Silvia Pedraza’s provocative paper, “Democratization and Migration: Cuba’s Exodus and the Development of Civil Society—Hindrance or Help?,”1 and offer a far-reaching, but nonetheless possible scenario, for a future democratic transition in Cuba. Before I develop these points, I must confess that I regard myself as a […]

LO POLÍTICO En los últimos dos meses ha ocurrido en Cuba un interesante proceso político, cuyas consecuencias finales todavía están por vislumbrarse: Me refiero al Proyecto Varela auspiciado por la mayoría de los grupos opositores internos y a la Enmienda Constitucional, impulsada por el gobierno, que declaró irrevocable al socialismo cubano. Con toda seguridad todos […]

Notes1 For more than a decade, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has annually published the important Human Development Report (hereafter the Report). The most consulted aspect of this widely used international report is the Human Development Index (HDI), which at its peak ranked 174 countries in the world, including Cuba, based on socio-economic indicators. […]