Notes1 As Cuba may be approaching a political and social transition, there is increasing interest in the South Florida community regarding planning improvements for its decaying infrastructure. Those who have attempted to work on this subject have met the complex challenge of working with the very limited data and often unverifiable information that is published […]

As one envisions the eventual transition of Cuba to a pluralistic society with significant free market features, it is pertinent to consider what institutional model to apply to the provision of water and wastewater services. Currently, the water and wastewater sector is managed by the national government’s Instituto de Recursos Hidráulicos, which largely delegates the […]

“La causa principal es la creciente disfuncionalidad del modelo de gobierno 2003–8, que se encuentra estructuralmente agotado.” —Heinz Dieterich (2009)1 Las relaciones económicas de Venezuela y Cuba se fundamentan en las diferentes dotaciones de recursos de ambos países. De un lado, Venezuela tiene abundantes ingresos fiscales y externos provenientes de la extraordinaria bonanza petrolera y […]

Notes1 With the price of ethanol hovering at U.S.$2.00 per gallon at the beginning of the year, and taking into consideration that nations such as Canada, China, India, Sweden, and Japan are gradually increasing ethanol consumption, ethanol production presents an enticing opportunity for the cash strapped, sugarcane nation of Cuba (Johnson, 2008). However, whereas Cuba […]

Tomando una analogía de la horticultura, pudiera decirse que la economía cubana no es una parcela que requiere de las labores de un jardinero sino de la fuerza de un bulldozer.1 Hoy Cuba es un “País Imposible.” Su esquema político y económico es insostenible. La planta física y el esquema de vida de su gente […]