Let me begin by recognizing the outstanding work of the Creighton University team on the thorny subject of outstanding property claims between Cuba and the United States. Unfortunately, budget constraint did not allow the study team to pursue the issue of claims of Cuban nationals abroad and on the island. Our comments on the Report […]

The paper “Before and After the Cayo Coco Causeway: A Critical View from Space” by Cepero and Lawrence (in this volume) is a useful and important application of remote sensing to the study of the Cuban environment. In this application, the authors focused on the extent and health of the mangrove coverage in the Bahía […]

The papers “Before and After the Cayo Coco Causeway: A Critical View from Space” by Cepero and Lawrence and “Evaluación de mapas de riesgos y recursos de la problemática actual en el Municipio de La Habana Vieja” by Muñoz, both in this volume, usher in a new era of Cuban environmental analysis at both the […]

Because of the less than favorable relations between the governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba over the past 45 years, the free flow of accurate information has become and continues to be a somewhat rare commodity. This owes in large part to inaccurate reporting, less than reliable sources, and […]

In his paper “The Tourism Industry in the Caribbean after Castro,” Art Padilla makes his case. His historical analysis of the tourism industry in the Caribbean and particularly in Cuba reflects an exhaustive research effort on the growth of the industry in the region. Cuba’s impressive tourism industry development in just over ten years can […]