DERECHOS SINDICALES CONTEMPLADOS EN LA LEGISLACION CUBANA Un sindicato único Las autoridades cubanas sólo reconocen una central sindical, la Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC), controlada desde el estado y dirigida por el Partido Comunista. Los funcionarios en los diferentes niveles de la (CTC), tienen la obligación en virtud de los estatutos de “reconocer… la […]

Notes1 This paper compares the patterns of socio-spatial peri-urban change in two post-socialist state capitals: Havana, Cuba (2.1 million) and Sofia, Bulgaria (1.3 million). At the outset, we are aware of the conceptual “error” in using “post-socialist,” but we make the following observations. Although a private real-estate market does not exist in Havana, there has […]

The objective of this essay is broadly to assess the factors that determine whether the production of biofuels from biomass could be viable in Cuba and whether it could compete with food production. This question is important in view of the significant decreases that have occurred in Cuba’s agricultural and food production during the past […]

Notes1 The first section of the paper discusses the importance of infrastructure. It concludes that adequate infrastructure is necessary for economic growth and that it can contribute to reduction in inequality. The second section of the paper summarizes the lessons learned from infrastructure reform in Latin America and in the “transition” economies of Eastern Europe […]

Notes1 “Cada vez hay más señales de que el cambio económico se impone; y de que el Gobierno de Raúl Castro es práctico y realista, aunque haya factores e inercias que condicionen los ritmos. Se trata de una cuestión de subsistencia.” —Mauricio Vicent, “Cuba toca fondo,” El País, España, 4/07/2007 “ habrá que introducir los […]