Notes1 This paper is not meant to be a scholarly treatise on such a momentous topic. Pretending to do that would be arrogant. Among its purposes are: • to remind the reader of the key role natural law principles played in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, with emphasis on […]

Notes1 Since the launch of the Convertibility Plan in 1991, the Argentine economy has been undergoing a massive transformation. The main feature of this program, supported by the World Bank Group, IDB and IMF, was the establishment of a currency board arrangement. This was part of a sweeping set of reforms that altered the monetary […]

The author makes the assumption that there will not be a rapid political transition in Cuba immediately after the death of Mr. Fidel Castro. It is also assumed that democracy, constitutional guarantees and liberties, and the rule of law will not be established over a short period of time. Instead, it is argued here that […]

These brief comments address several pointed ideas raised in Silvia Pedraza’s provocative paper, “Democratization and Migration: Cuba’s Exodus and the Development of Civil Society—Hindrance or Help?,”1 and offer a far-reaching, but nonetheless possible scenario, for a future democratic transition in Cuba. Before I develop these points, I must confess that I regard myself as a […]