Raúl Castro

"Visit Cuba, Before It Changes!"

August 17, 2016

Louis A. Pérez, Jr.

As relations with Cuba move toward normalization, the transformation of “people-to-people” travel into an element of U.S.-Cuba policy revives old racialized representations of the island and its people.

Change Through Empowerment: A Half-Century of Cuba-U.S. Relations

December 16, 2015

Louis A. Pérez, Jr.

On the one-year anniversary of “D17,” the second of a two-part essay exploring what has and will constitute “normal relations” between the U.S. and Cuba.

Change Through Impoverishment: A Half-Century of Cuba-U.S. Relations

December 14, 2015

Louis A. Pérez, Jr.

The first of a two-part essay exploring what has and will constitute “normal relations” between the U.S. and Cuba, one year after “D17.”

In Cuba, Reform or Transition?

July 22, 2015

Daniel Hellinger

The Cuban government’s acceptance of small enterprises is helping many on the island increase their incomes, but it’s also exacerbating class divisions in a comparatively egalitarian society.

A Cuban Spring?

April 29, 2013

Roger Burbach

This is a fruitful period of experimentation and debate in Cuba. It is now almost seven years since Raúl Castro replaced his brother Fidel, first as interim president in 2006 and then as president in 2008. Under Raúl, the country is taking steps to transform the economy, and a critical discussion is erupting over the dismantling of the authoritarian Communist model.

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Raúl Castro

"Visit Cuba, Before It Changes!"

Change Through Empowerment: A Half-Century of Cuba-U.S. Relations

Change Through Impoverishment: A Half-Century of Cuba-U.S. Relations

In Cuba, Reform or Transition?

A Cuban Spring?

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