Notes1 The 2000 U.S. Population Census, conducted between January and September 2000, was, according to the U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce, “the largest peacetime effort in the history of the United States” (U.S. Census Bureau 2001). The first bits of data – overall estimates of the resident population on April 1, 2000 […]

Through writing, public advocacy, and other personal and professional endeavors, I have demonstrated my firm belief that greater engagement with Cuba would advance America’s national interest and at long last bring economic and democratic reform to the island. As former executive director of the Cuba Policy Foundation (CPF), I had the fortunate experience of participating […]

Notes1 The three key components of a national reconciliation process are truth, justice, and reconciliation. History has shown that all three should be properly addressed for a transition from a repressive regime to take place successfully, that is, in a way that allows society to heal and integrate a painful past in a productive manner. […]

Cuba e Irak son sociedades muy disímiles en cultura, historia, religión y costumbres. Pero comparten una desgracia: arribaron al siglo XXI en manos de un dictador sin escrúpulos experto en la simulación que no paró mientes en destruir a un país en aras de lograr sus objetivos personales. Comparten también una lista de problemas. La […]

A transition to a market economy is always challenging, especially when it also involves the struggle out of underdevelopment. Sometime in the future Cuba will probably be involved in such a transition. Almost everyone agrees the task will be most difficult, but many observers of the Cuban economy point out that one thing the Island […]