Trincheras de ideas valen más que trincheras de piedras. —José Martí LAS NUEVAS REALIDADES Recientemente se han acentuado las preocupaciones de la familia humana en relación con la casa de todos: el planeta Tierra. Nunca antes en la Historia ha sido tan urgente desarrollar una ideología de la solidaridad humana y practicar una conducta respetuosa […]

Notes1 In July 2006, Fidel Castro passed power to his younger brother and defense minister Raúl Castro and a team of other ministers on a provisional basis. Since then, the U.S.-Cuba relationship has been hovering on the brink of the post-Fidel era. There is little question that the tense and estranged relationship between the two […]

Notes1 For many years, the return migration issue has occupied center stage in academic and policy debates regarding how to mobilize émigré resources to promote economic development in migrant-sending countries. While many policy options have been discussed, and occasionally implemented, a consensus has emerged that these policies are often ineffective or fall short of achieving […]

“El ‘boom’ esta tan caliente que los promotores de etanol hablan abiertamente acerca de como una Cuba post-Fidel Castro se convertiría en el suministrador clave para los Estados Unidos.” —Alan Clendenning Associated Press, Mayo 8, 2007, Sao Paulo A pesar de lo frecuentemente que se lee sobre el etanol, el tema de etanol y Cuba […]