Notes1 De acuerdo con la teoría gravitacional de Jan Tinbergen, el primer Premio Nobel de economía, la recuperación económica y el crecimiento de Cuba están muy vinculados con el restablecimiento y normalización de las relaciones económicas con los Estados Unidos (EU). Por ello, en estos momentos una promisoria ventana de oportunidades y posibilidades se está […]

The Cuban agricultural sector has been in trouble for many years. Production levels of the main crops have decreased significantly, particularly sugar, beef and milk production, fruits, rice, and coffee. Cuba has been forced to import many food products for which it has the land and the climate to produce in sufficient quantities for the […]

Since the fall of the Soviet Union, there has been a rapid transition from communist governments to more democratic governments in Central and Eastern Europe. In most of these situations, the changes and pretransition analyses have focused on the areas of political, economic, and legal transformation and have paid very little attention to the impact […]

Despite the implementation of remittance and travel restrictions (RTRs) by the Bush Administration on June 30, 2004, and the replacement of the U.S. dollar (USD) with the convertible peso (CUC) by the Cuban government in October of that year, family remittances continue to play a key role in the Cuban economy. During the 2001–2006 period, […]