A decade after the beginning of political transformations in the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe, substantial diferences still remain in the level of political freedom and economic liberalization reached by each one. Great expectations born at the end of the communist system have not yet come true in some countries. While in countries like […]

I appreciate the opportunity to offer my observations on this important contribution to the body of research on the Cuban economy and U.S.-Cuban economic relations. Because of my work in the field of agricultural economics, I feel best able to comment on the portions of this report dealing with agriculture. For that reason, while I […]

Notes1 Eventually the economic regime in Cuba will fall. It will have to wait until Fidel Castro leaves the scene, but then the economic regime, and most likely the political regime, will fall quickly. The world, and especially the United States, must be ready for that time. It is the contention of this paper that […]

Al acercarnos a las postrimerías del régimen de Castro, se torna más urgente la necesidad de considerar qué viene después. Castro ha introducido un régimen que ha privado al pueblo cubano de las libertades fundamentales reconocidas en la Declaración Universal de los Derechos del Hombre y de las condiciones materiales básicas para llevar una existencia […]