B. E. Aguirre is Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware. José Alvarez 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, Belle Glade, Florida. He has traveled to Cuba in […]
Volume 13 Appendix B: Acknowledgements
U.S. Travel Restrictions to Cuba: Overview and Evolution
This paper is the first part of a larger work in progress, titled “U.S. Travel Restrictions to Cuba: Overview, Implications, and Challenges,” that will provide an in-depth and comprehensive look of U.S. travel restrictions to Cuba. This paper provides the backdrop for the travel restrictions, a chronology of their evolution, and an overview of current […]
Natural Disasters and Cuba’s Agricultural Performance: Is there a Correlation?
Notes1 Almost since the beginning of the revolution in 1959, the Cuban leadership and some foreign scholars have blamed mother nature for the failures or inefficiencies of the agricultural sector.2 I could easily fill many pages with quotes from Cuban officials, especially from President Castro, that illustrate my point. I think that the quotes in […]
Bridging the Gap: IMF and World Bank Membership for Socialist Countries
Over the last two decades, a range of socialist and post-communist countries have become successfully integrated into the international financial system. This has occurred as the globalization of the world economy has increased the relevance of the international financial institutions (IFIs) as key arbiters of economic policy, the guardians of macroeconomic stability, and the leading […]
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