Author’s note Durante el congreso anual de ASCE del verano del año 2014, se organizó una mesa redonda con cinco cuentapropistas cubanas con el patrocinio del Cuba Study Group. Presidido por Phil Peters, el panel incluyó a Niuris Higueras, la dueña de la paladar (restaurante privado)  L’Atelier; Yamina Vicente, dueña de Decorazón, una empresa que […]

The first semester of 2018 was traumatic and devastating for the Cuban tourism industry. A combination of factors, events, bad practices and a number of accumulated and unresolved problems in the sector, caused the arrival of foreign visitors to fall abruptly, creating great uncertainty for the future of an industry that undoubtedly needs to be […]

Cuba has become an enigma. Even after the death of Fidel Castro, even after Fidel admitted the Cuban economic model was not working, even after some tentative attempts to upgrade the economy by his brother Raúl, even after the loss of foreign benefactors, and despite the economic hardships of the Cuban people, economic reform has […]

On April 19, 2018, Cuba unveiled the first intergenerational leadership transition after the 1959 revolution. Raúl Castro, who rose to the presidency of Cuba temporarily after his brother Fidel’s illness in 2006, has led a remarkable transformation of the economy and politics of the island but leaves an unfinished legacy to his successor. The new […]

This paper will consider three related questions. The first question, considered in the first part, centers on the adjustments Cuba might have to undertake if it is to embed itself within the structures of global trade and finance. To that end, the paper analyzes the legal changes Cuba would need to undertake to join international […]