This paper examines the behavior of Cuba’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita during the second half of the 20th Century—a controversial period of Cuban history dominated by the rule of the “revolutionary” government that came to power in January 1959. The analysis of this important indicator of welfare1 relies on newly available data supplied […]

Notes1 On October 1, 2005, Creighton University was awarded a grant from USAID to develop a model for a property claims settlement mechanism between Cuba and the United States. Three law faculty were joined by three political science faculty to form a team of experts supported by graduate students at both schools to investigate and […]

El presente trabajo posee, ante todo, una misión informativa. Recorrer el camino de la Abogacía en Cuba sería tarea para un trabajo de dimensiones mucho más profundas; a la vez, campo de una investigación histórico- jurídica que, por el propósito y contexto, no se va a emprender. Se propone con el mismo contextualizar desde lo […]

Notes1 What are American national interests in Cuba? At first, the answer seems obvious. For fifty years, America’s leaders have called for a democratic and prosperous Cuba. Today, our leaders still use those words, even as the reality is and has long been much more complex. For several decades we worried about Cuba’s alliance with […]