Las relaciones de Cuba con EUA contituyen el tema más estratégico y central que determina o condiciona las cuestiones económicas, políticas e internacionales del país. EUA durante más de cuarenta años ha tenido a Cuba catalogada como país enemigo y le ha estado imponiendo sanciones económicas desde 1960 a través del Embargo, establecido poco después […]

U.S. policy toward Cuba is a classical example of a traditional United States foreign policy conundrum: its interests as a world power and the American people’s desire for fairness. In Cuba’s case it is complicated by the U.S. lack of continuous high level interest, underestimation of the challenge, and the neglect to formulate a long-range […]

Notes1 An important aim of this paper is to increase the level of rigor that we use to understand the role of the state as an institution determining the economic performance of other institutions. More specifically, we seek to increase our understanding of the role of the state in determining the economic performance of two […]

Notes1 The mulata is Cuba’s national symbol. She began as a product of Spanish imperialism and slavery on Cuba’s tobacco and sugar plantations. She is the product of socioeconomic inequality and the sometimes violent exploitation of black women by white men. The mulata was sexualized by white men in the nineteenth century, vilified as a […]

Cuba’s international relations have undergone significant shifts in recent years, with old alliances unraveling and new partnerships emerging. In particular, the Cuban government of Fidel Castro has embarked on a path of deeper engagement and cooperation with Venezuela and China that has transformed those two countries into the most important international allies of Cuba today. […]