In November, 2006, the President of Cuba’s National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcón, responded to a question about the lack of an independent press in Cuba by pointing to the existence of the magazine Vitral. “Read the magazine Vitral,” Alarcón suggested, “unlike the moderate posture of the Catholic Church, the magazine is harshly critical of the Revolution. […]

“Poder opinar y elegir qué es lo mejor en materia económica no es sólo responsabilidad ni privilegio de economistas y políticos sino que concierne a todo ciudadano libre y responsable, que quiera protagonizar su vida y su historia social.” —“Itinerario,” p. 3 “Lo importante es salvar el futuro. El pasado ya no tiene remedio. …En […]

Professor Carmelo Mesa-Lago recently published a provocative article entitled “Is it viable to end half a century of rationing in Cuba?”1 This is an important question: the current rationing system in Cuba is widely regarded as a major source of distortions, and its elimination is singled out as a key priority in several proposals to […]

Multi-country transition studies, by their very nature, tend to mask issues and strategies that were pivotal in the path of specific countries. For this reason it is crucial to rely more on case studies of country experiences, like Hungary’s, to gain a detailed understanding. Consequently, the successful Hungarian transition experience during 1989–2006 is discussed in […]

26th of July, 440-444 acopio,  8,  17,  146-150,  154-155, 176 ACOREC, S.A., 135 Afghanistan, 354-355 Agramonte, Ignacio, 443 Agramonte, Roberto, 279 agriculture,  2,  14,  145-157,   200-201,  260,  262,  267,  290,  341-352,  417,  418,  421,   428, 429; coffee, 8; gardens, 291,   295-296; irrigation, 433-434; livestock, 21, 147, 343; maize, 213-214;  milk, 8; organopónicos, 295-296; poultry, 8; soil, fertility, 343-344; tobacco, 8, […]