Cuba’s strategy for its economic development is in the process of reformulation.1 The “grand design” that predominated since the ending of the special relationship with the former Soviet Union—or the “Special Period in Time of Peace”—has essentially been terminated. The basic features of a new strategy are now becoming apparent, though a definitive delineation is […]

Notes1 The intent of this paper is to examine Cuban immigration to the United States in the post-1958 period and to make sense of the collective transformations that have shaped it. In broad terms it is an experience typified by two historical periods, those of political exile, and a transnational community that experiences racialization. The […]

When we approach the Cuban debate, the scope of political actors is generally limited to one or two, Fidel Castro and/or Raúl Castro. Partially true in the past, nowadays it becomes an increasingly misleading approach not only because of very obvious reasons of age and health, but because it tends to bypass and ignore completely […]

Notes1 Over the years, despite its socialist agenda, the Fidel Castro government has established certain private rights in real property for its citizens, albeit with far more limitations than those rights enjoyed by individuals in non-communist countries. This particular government’s gradual retreat from Marxist ideology regarding real property rights underscores the basic economic truth that […]