This essay has a dual purpose: (1) updating a paper on the same topic presented at the 2005 ASCE Conference; 1 and (2) exploring some of the issues and queries raised by said paper. The author has tried to reflect in it dissimilar backgrounds and points of view, as befits the reality we are bound […]

A partir de 1999 Venezuela, atraviesa un complejo proceso de transición política, jurídica, económica y social. Luego de los golpes de estado fallidos de 1992, dirigidos por el Teniente Coronel Chávez Frías, se aceleró como consecuencia de esa situación, el descrédito y la pérdida de legitimidad de los partidos políticos como mecanismos de representación colectiva. […]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Cuba implemented a series of reforms to attract remittances from abroad. These policies included efforts to attract foreign investment (1982, 1995), the expansion of international tourism (1990), the authorization of some (limited) forms of self-employment (1993), the semi-official “dollarization” of the Cuban economy (1993), the reorganization of the agricultural sector […]

El propósito de esta ponencia es proveer un marco de trabajo para identificar y analizar aspectos estratégicos clave a llevar en cuenta durante el desarrollo de una estrategia de reinserción económica internacional de Cuba, tomando en consideración, según la percepción ricardiana del autor, el estado actual de las cosas, las condiciones y visión del “Pacto […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that 3% to 5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide is connected with illegal operations.1 This makes small nations like Cuba very vulnerable to political instability due to the lack of resources needed to combat this type of activity. As a result, Cuba opts instead to engage in […]