“Why are you coming to Venezuela?” a Cuban “doctor” was asked by a local journalist. “Because I want to see the first half of the movie!” he replied. THE INVESTMENT THAT PAID OFF After leading a bloody but inept and unsuccessful coup in 1992, Hugo Chávez was sent to prison but, after only a few […]

Este trabajo intenta identificar, y en lo posible evaluar, los efectos que tienen en el pueblo cubano y en el proceso de democratización de Cuba los diferentes flujos de intercambios con la isla. Así mismo reseña algunos de los mecanismos de intervención que ejerce el gobierno cubano sobre esos flujos. Para facilitar el análisis se […]

The world is undergoing radical changes, characterized by the growing interdependence of all countries and sharpened competition in liberalized markets. For Cuba, the closing years of the old millennium spelled the end of an era and posed the challenge of adjusting its domestic economic order to integrate the island fully in the global economy. Cuba’s […]

Generalmente en períodos de crisis, como el que inevitablemente tendrá que atravesar Cuba cuando se produzca el cambio hacia una democracia y una economía de mercado, emergen las evaluaciones negativas hacia los exogrupos, entre ellos, lógicamente, el español, que en la actualidad tiene una presencia importante en las inversiones en la isla. El sentimiento antiespañol […]

As professionals studying Cuba, probably the first question we are asked by people with only a faint acquaintance with the country is what will happen after Fidel Castro passes away. For years this observer’s pat answer has been that it depends on when he dies and how he dies. Does it happen tomorrow or in […]