Cuba’s reforms and changes aiming at a complete redesign of its rigid, state-controlled, socialist economic development strategy has come to its point of no return; there’s no turning back. The Achilles’ heel of this present stage is to put an end to the two-tier currency system, with all its aberrations in the fields of finance, […]

Notes1 In recent years the Cuban government has authorized a limited amount of private sector activity, mainly services performed on a small scale. Very considerable restrictions apply to the nature and scope of this activity, but there are no geographic restrictions on where it may occur. As an ironic consequence, the only part of Cuba […]

For over a decade the Brazilian government has committed millions of its taxpayer reais to support infrastructure projects, food exports, and an assortment of initiatives benefitting Cuba. This support is nowhere more evident than in the refurbished Port of Mariel. The groundwork for the tight bilateral relationship was laid out just months into the first […]

Notes1 ¿Cuál puede ser la maquinaria para reponer el sistema mutualista de clínicas, y hospitales y seguros privados en Cuba para reparar el Sistema público? ¿Cuál es la triangulación2 imprescindible para poder comenzar a atraer a asegurados y no asegurados públicos y privados, principalmente de EEUU? ¿Pudiera haber la penetración de las “remesas” en comprar […]