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. […]
Before and After the Cayo Coco Causeway, Cuba: A Critical View from Space
The Cuban archipelago is made up of 4,195 islands, cays, and islets, grouped into four main sub-archipelagos: Los Canarreos, De Los Colorados, Jardines de la Reina, and Jardines del Rey. Until the late 1980s, Jardines del Rey, the largest of the Cuban sub-archipelagos with some 400 cays and islets, had mostly pristine landscapes of mangroves, […]
Ir o No Ir, Esa No es la Cuestión
Este trabajo intenta identificar, y en lo posible evaluar, los efectos que tienen en el pueblo cubano y en el proceso de democratización de Cuba los diferentes flujos de intercambios con la isla. Así mismo reseña algunos de los mecanismos de intervención que ejerce el gobierno cubano sobre esos flujos. Para facilitar el análisis se […]
Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba 2004 Report to the President :Assessment of Chapter Six: “Addressing Environmental Degradation”
OVERVIEW It is with great satisfaction that we note that about 20 percent of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba 2004 Report to the President1 is concerned with environmental issues, in particular environmental degradation and how the United States, as well as the international community, could assist a post-transition Cuban government in addressing […]
La situación ambiental de Cuba al finalizar el siglo XX
Este documento constituye un reordenamiento de las notas, artículos y comentarios escritos en los últimos cinco años del siglo pasado, unidos a los tres informes anuales de la Agencia Ambiental Entorno Cubano, 1997, 98 y 99. La estructura estará dada por capítulos dedicados a los principales elementos del entorno, a saber: suelos, vegetación, aguas, cuencas […]