El Movimiento pro Democracia y Derechos Humanos de Cuba ha llegado a los veintisiete años de existencia. Durante todo este tiempo hemos estado bregando, a cara descubierta y a voz en cuello, a favor del respeto integral de las libertades ciudadanas. Este activismo también ha incluído la defensa del tránsito, de un orden estalinista, a […]

Notes1 The collapse of the Soviet Union and its European proxies in the early 1990s inaugurated a very difficult period for Cuba and an unprecedented economic recession that seriously threatened the survival of the Castro government. The Cuban authorities were forced to loosen up their centrally planned economy, establish more developed relations with the capitalist […]

Notes1 For the last 40-odd years, Cuba’s ruling government has actively sought to eliminate the institutions that prevailed in Republican Cuba and to replace them with institutions that support a socialist, centrally-directed economy. The Cuban socialist regime undermined the institutions it inherited: eliminated private property, disassembled the legal framework that enabled private enterprise and decentralized […]

Cuban visitors and residents have the option of buying certain types of food with either pesos or dollars. They may use one of four different currencies and have access to more than eight different types of official food markets. Cuban pesos are used in the ration stores, and various agricultural markets. U.S. dollars and, to […]

Notes1 The amount of information on the current condition of the Cuban economy available as of mid-2003 is very limited in comparison to what had become customary in recent years. Not available at this time are: (1) the official statistical yearbook for 2002 or a preliminary statitistical summary; and (2) the report of the Banco […]