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Cuba’s new economic measures and how they may impact its emigrants
The Cuban government has just announced the implementation of a wide range of new economic measures. It is important that they take into account its emigrants.
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Juan Valdés Paz: We must overcome conservative trends
An interview with Cuban sociologist Juan Valdés Paz about the Island's current process of reform and how he sees it as compared to a decade ago.
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Implications of Cuba’s current monetary situation
What's new and complicated is that the CUC no longer seems convertible and therefore could be easily eliminated.
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The ‘Maker Movement’ in Cuba catapults to the fore
If this movement improvised successfully to help with the coronavirus pandemic, there's no telling how many other barriers it could help overcome on the Island.
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Fear of dengue
For years dengue has been a daily part of life for Cubans. He who has not become ill has had a sick family member or neighbor.
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Science and economic development in Cuba
With a third of workers outside the public sector, and almost as many without formal employment ties, it is not realistic to think that innovation in Cuba will be generated exclusively…
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Labor rights and the private sector
Cuba's private sector has absorbed more than 400,000 workers since 2016. Despite this, Cuba continues to be, essentially, a country of government employees.
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Cuba’s economy and its emigrants
Remittances have a moral component that transcends the economic aspect of helping family members. They reproduce a very solid connection between their country of origin.
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Notes on social science and the hegemonic discourse
In his many speeches, Raúl Castro called for a change of mentality, the overcoming of political stereotypes, and the opening up to dialogue, debate and public consultation.
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Lessons from the Cuban police
Contrary to the image of brutal and repressive communists, police in Cuba offer an instructive example for activists in the US.
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