Anyone familiar with the history of relations between the United States and Cuba in the last fifty years knows that the United States has in place a strict embargo on trade with, and on economic assistance to, Cuba. Pursuant to this embargo, it is virtually impossible for all but a very narrow category of persons […]

Notes1,2 Some of the major problems facing Cubans today seem, at first glance, to be of a monetary nature. High prices in relation to salaries and a dual currency/dual exchange rate system appear to be sources of difficulties. While lack of purchasing power is ultimately caused by basic structures of the Cuban economy, monetary policy […]

“Cambiadas las estructuras mentales, no hay más que un paso para que cambien las estructuras de la realidad.” —Friedrich Hegel Ante todo un saludo afectuoso a todos los participantes en esta XIX Conferencia Anual de la Asociación para el Estudio de la Economía Cubana, y el agradecimiento por haberme invitado nuevamente a presentar mis criterios […]

Notes1 El 4 de junio de 1989 es una de las fechas que pudiéramos escoger para señalar simbólicamente el comienzo de una nueva era en la historia de la humanidad: el fin del comunismo y del mito de las revoluciones violentas como solución para el progreso de los pueblos. Todo acontecimiento que ha conmocionado los […]

Notes1 In July of 2006, Fidel Castro “temporarily delegated” power to his brother during a severe health crisis. Raúl had been second-in-command and head of the Armed Forces since the two brothers led the revolutionary forces to power almost five decades earlier. After the designation of Raúl as leader, Fidel remained out of public view. […]