RSS• Obama administration grievously disappoints Latin America and U.S. Latin Americanists by insisting on politicizing U.S.-Cuban and regional policy • What could have proved to be a time for creative policy-making more closely resembles a continuation of the Bush presidency • Commencement of th[...]
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March 17th, 2010 - 10:50 am § in Cuba, Front Page
Cuba-U.S. Rhetoric Timeline: Hope for a Basic Shift in Policy Disintegrates into Continued Polarization
Cuba’s Health Politics: At Home and Abroad
The original version of this piece, which has since been further adapted by COHA was published in Morbid Symptoms: Health Under Capitalism: Socialist Register 2010. Health Under Capitalism, edited by Leo Panitch and Colin Leys (London: Merlin Press, 2009): 216-239. A modified chapter of this wo[...]
February 24th, 2010 - 11:04 am § in Cuba, Front Page
Cuba – Russia Now and Then
Years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the associated termination of cooperation and a strong alliance between Cuba and Russia, both states are now working overtime to revive the relationship which once brought the world to the brink of nuclear war when the Soviet Union covertly installed [...]
Next Year in Havana? Ending the U.S. Travel Ban Should Be First Step in Normalizing Relations with Cuba
Dr. Ashby is a practicing corporate attorney in Miami. He previously served at the Commerce Department as Director of the Office of Mexico and the Caribbean and was acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the Western Hemisphere. Dr. Ashby, who travels regularly to Cuba, he is [...][...]
No “Common Policy,” as Europe Grapples over its Future ties with Cuba.
– Spain takes the lead in trying to adapt the EU to Cuba’s rapidly transforming role. In January, Spain took over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. Despite being deeply affected by the global financial crisis, Spain confidently proclaimed ambitious objectives for its term at t[...]
January 26th, 2010 - 12:05 pm § in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Free Trade, Front Page, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Obama, Reports, Uncategorized, Venezuela
¿Cambio? The Obama Administration in Latin America: A Disappointing Year in Retrospective
In a memorandum written as Barack Obama assumed office in January 2009, COHA’s Research Fellows Guy Hursthouse and Tomás Ayuso considered the widespread Latin American expectations of a dramatic shift in approach from Washington under the new president, and outlined an agenda for change. This[...]
Stateside: Haiti earthquake
By: Rosalea Barker Scoop January 15, 2010 What would Cuba do? I learned about the earthquake in Haiti very shortly after it happened. A workmate has been monitoring the US Geological Survey website all this week, following a 6.5 earthquake off the coast of Northern California at the weekend. The S[...]
Haiti’s Tragedy Could Provide an Opportunity for Improved US-Cuban Relations Through Disaster Relief Collaboration
Why is there almost no media coverage of Cuba’s medical assistance to Haiti? The Cuban government has provided free health care to the Haitian people since 1998 as well as many full scholarships to its medical schools. It also should be noted that Cuban doctors work in all 10 of Haiti’s depar[...]
Outrage and Double Standards: The Lockerbie and Cubana Airline Bombings
The recent release of convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basete al-Megrahi produced immediate outrage from the White House in reaction to later scenes of jubilation marking his arrival in Libya. Al-Megrahi had been freed on humanitarian grounds by Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill. The form[...]
Cuba’s Sugarcane Ethanol Potential: Cuba, Raul Castro, and the Return of King Sugar to the Island
“Central America and the Caribbean, historical sugar-producing economies where the sugar-ethanol infrastructure already has a foundation, labor costs are low, and the political conditions are more or less stable– offers the best near-term potential for large-scale sugarcane ethanol production. [...]