Even though Ottawa did not sever diplomatic relations with Havana in the 1960s, commercial and diplomatic exchanges between both countries were relatively minor until the collapse of the Soviet bloc. In the 1990s, Canadian business people, government officials and tourists have played a prominent role in the economic recovery of the Cuba. Canadians have, on […]

The Cuban government has recently reported that the 1996 zafra produced 4.45 million tons of sugar— a 35% increase over the 3.3 million tons of sugar produced in 1995, following a decline of 18% from the 4 million it had claimed in 1994. In effect, Cuba’s sugar output has fallen off the bottom of the […]

Notes[ref]“Where the Law does not distinguish, neither ought we to distinguish,” a well settled Roman law principle, commonly accepted by common and civil law jurisdictions (Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, 1979, page 1363).[/ref][ref]In the preparation of this paper, the author recognizes the contributions, amongst other friends, of the following professionals: Antonio Alonso Avila, Esq., well-known […]

I would like to give my point of view on Cuba’s recent economic results. By that I mean the economic results for 1995 and the first part of 1996. I am going to assume for purposes of these remarks that the official information of the economic results that has been reported is reliable. So, if […]

The purpose of this article is twofold: 1) to examine the extent to which Cuban workers experienced adversity and hardship during the years ensuing the collapse of the Soviet Union; and 2) to ascertain whether economic crisis and deterioration of conditions of work and life are likely to bring about the downfall of a totalitarian […]