This paper presents a preliminary “thought” model of the putative causes of ecological change and desertification of Cuba’s eastern provinces (Las Tunas, Granma, Holguín, Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo), once known collectively as Oriente Province. In particular, the paper refers to a very large part of eastern Cuba, in Oriente Province, comprised mainly of the […]

Since the flow of Cuban refugees had halted for many years, few expected the chaotic flotilla exodus in 1980. It began when six desperate young men drove a bus past the guards, straight into the Peruvian Embassy compound, asking for political asylum. A few days later, on April 4, 1980, Fidel Castro announced the unusual […]

It is not in devising a system, That the fearful dangers lurk; It is not in devising a system, But in making the system work. For the working out of the system Is not in the hands of the great; But rests on the shoulders of poor little clerks Like Mary and Jane and Kate. […]

Notes1 Forty-five years after the inception of a Revolution that was to be a trail blazing example for Latin America and Caribbean nations to follow, no takers have appeared despite innumerable professions of sympathy and moral support by near neighbors and far nations alike in our continent and elsewhere. The Cuban Revolution awoke deep sentiments […]

My presentation intends to share with you some thoughts on Cuba’s transition process, viewed as the sequence of events that will unfold in the island and abroad, once Fidel Castro ceases to control Cuba’s life. Hopefully, my comments will encourage Cuba’s stakeholders to pay greater attention to micro social issues and challenges, perhaps not as […]