Notes1 What are American national interests in Cuba? At first, the answer seems obvious. For fifty years, America’s leaders have called for a democratic and prosperous Cuba. Today, our leaders still use those words, even as the reality is and has long been much more complex. For several decades we worried about Cuba’s alliance with […]

Marxist pedagogy came to dominate Cuba’s educational system shortly after the Revolution of 1959. This paper examines the history of educational policy in Cuba, with emphasis on the Republic’s policy during the first half of the twentieth century. The objective is to identify cultural patterns that have survived the changes imposed by the communist order. […]

Sometimes it is as important to think about the “reality” of ideas and concepts that shape law and policy, as it is to determine the real facts underlying these. Ideas and frameworks for thinking about policy can sometimes take hold in a way that they alter the approaches people are willing to consider in shaping […]

La eliminación de la doble moneda en Cuba (pesos “cubanos” y pesos “convertibles”) ha adquirido un alto grado de actualidad desde que Fidel Castro tuvo que abandonar el poder por razones de salud, y se ha acentuado con la supuesta apertura al debate propuesta por el sucesor, la cual ha avivado la esperanza de expresar […]

Change is in the air in Cuba and its prospect permeates discussions of its politics and society. For a long time, the study of Cuban politics has been dominated by the notion that its subject is exceptional and immobile. To some degree this reflected the ideographic tendency of historical research, as well as the long […]