As we approach the millennium, one question in the minds of most observers of Cuban politics is when and how will the transition to pluralism unravel in the island? At a practical level, this preoccupation is based on the fact that only a handful of Communist regimes survived the end of the Cold War. From […]
Preliminary Study of the Impact of the Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises in Cuba
With the prospects of limited trade relations between the United States and Cuba looming closer, the most important issue for Cuba is the future of its economy, which has been devastated by socialism, trade embargoes, and the cutoff of Russian welfare. Without question, once Cuba moves unequivocally towards a free market economy, financing institutions will […]
Volume 09 Appendix B: Acknowledgements
Volume 9 Appendix A: Authors and Discussants
JOSÉ F. ALONSO is a sugar analyst and a former member of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, Radio Martí Program, Office of Research. JOSE ÁLVAREZ is Professor, Food and Research Economics Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, where he works as the Area Economist at the Everglades Research and Education Center, […]
Evolution, Transition and the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have learned to adapt to the changing environment. Since the Soviet Union’s disintegration, the FAR have had to refocus their core mission and reassert their value in the Cuban polity. As a result of the loss of economic aid from the Soviet Union, the FAR have become a constabulary force, […]
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