Notes1 Cuba’s reserves of lateritic nickel minerals are estimated to be the world’s second largest after Zaire. Most of these lateritic deposits are located in the Moa and Nicaro areas, on the northeast of the island. On December 15, 1994, the Cuban Government and Canadian company Sherritt International established the joint venture Moa Nickel S.A. […]

The last decade has been one of mixed results for the Cuban electrical power system. From 1998 to approximately 2004, some progress was made. However, the reliance on domestic oil as fuel and the age of several units produced breakdowns in some of the major plants and an overall crisis in the system. The Cuban […]

This paper examines the behavior of Cuba’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita during the second half of the 20th Century—a controversial period of Cuban history dominated by the rule of the “revolutionary” government that came to power in January 1959. The analysis of this important indicator of welfare1 relies on newly available data supplied […]

Notes1 On October 1, 2005, Creighton University was awarded a grant from USAID to develop a model for a property claims settlement mechanism between Cuba and the United States. Three law faculty were joined by three political science faculty to form a team of experts supported by graduate students at both schools to investigate and […]