This paper reflects on several considerations to explain why Cuba is embarking on economic change and possible outcomes, presents two questions about the economic policies of Fidel and his protégée, Hugo Chávez, and ends with some thoughts about Cuba’s future once political and economic freedom finally returns to the island. WHY CUBA WILL CHANGE There […]
Cuba and the International Sugar Market
The purpose of this paper is to review the evolution after 1959 of sugar production both in Cuba and among major world producers and to assess the role which sugar could play in the Cuban economy when the political circumstances allow for a return to a market economy and access to the U.S. market. Given […]