Notes1 In anticipation of an eventual political transition in Cuba, two Cuban-American engineering associations, the Cuban-American Association of Civil Engineers (C-AACE) and the Association of Cuban Engineers (ACE), have continued to sponsor their joint Cuba Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Committee. At the 2008 annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy […]

Guantanamo Bay has been a “sure thing” for more than a century—a fixture of Cuba’s geographic space where the U.S. intended to stay and carry out activities it deemed in the interest of national security. But now a convergence of developments raises uncertainty about the future of the lease by which the U.S. controls this […]

Anyone familiar with the history of relations between the United States and Cuba in the last fifty years knows that the United States has in place a strict embargo on trade with, and on economic assistance to, Cuba. Pursuant to this embargo, it is virtually impossible for all but a very narrow category of persons […]

Notes1,2 Some of the major problems facing Cubans today seem, at first glance, to be of a monetary nature. High prices in relation to salaries and a dual currency/dual exchange rate system appear to be sources of difficulties. While lack of purchasing power is ultimately caused by basic structures of the Cuban economy, monetary policy […]

“Cambiadas las estructuras mentales, no hay más que un paso para que cambien las estructuras de la realidad.” —Friedrich Hegel Ante todo un saludo afectuoso a todos los participantes en esta XIX Conferencia Anual de la Asociación para el Estudio de la Economía Cubana, y el agradecimiento por haberme invitado nuevamente a presentar mis criterios […]