With Fidel Castro’s transfer of dictatorial powers to his brother and second-in-command Raúl Castro in July 2006 and the continuing uncertainty as to the permanence or degree of the transfer, the international political and business communities continue analyzing and planning for possible political and economic changes in Cuba. The question at the heart of the […]
Cuban Culture and Democracy: Theory and Research Agenda
We have been able to strengthen our democracy, eliminate tyrants and develop the Republic by ways of progress…The Constitution of 1940 has been the historic solution. All ignominy has gradually disappeared and the Cuban Republic has been developing by way of true democratic sustenance. —Ernesto Ardura, 1951 Elecciones ¿para qué? —Fidel Castro, 1960 Cuban dictator […]
Cuban Labor Law: Issues and Challenges
Labor laws supposedly designed to safeguard the interests of Cuban workers has been one of the bulwarks of the political mythology of the Castro Revolution since the early 1960s. Such a mythification has served several purposes: (1) denigrate or deny any accomplishments of the Cuban Republics that predated the 1959 Revolution; (2) re-write Cuban history […]
Promoting and Financing the Development of an Environmental Infrastructure in a Post-Castro Cuba
Among the many challenges a post-Castro Cuba will face is the environmental condition of the island after four decades of environmental neglect and mismanagement. Besides creating a new political and socioeconomic framework, Cuba’s new leaders will have to ensure that economic development does not occur at the expense of environmental and human health concerns, an […]