Author Archives: Lexington Institute
Appeal for Release of Cuban Dissidents Letter to Dagoberto Rodriguez, Chief, Cuban Interests SectionApril 4, 2003
Dagoberto Rodriguez
Chief, Cuban Interests Section
Embassy of Switzerland
2630 16th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
We write to express our profound concern at the arrest [Read More...]
Postal Commission Getting Some Sound Advice For Change Issue BriefWith one-third of its available study time consumed, the Presidential Postal Commission has heard some sound advice on how to change the Post Office to limit future risk of failure. But it remains unclear if this advice is [Read More...]
Issue #2: Cuba Responds to Growing Drug Problems Until recently, the Cuban government said that there was only a minimal drug consumption problem in Cuba, fed by unscrupulous tourists, by Cubans who cultivated small amounts of marijuana, or by Cubans who chose to profit from bales of drugs [Read More...]
Issue #1: Introducing the Cuba Policy Report The Lexington Institute’s e-mail newsletter, the Cuba Policy Report, will cover events and trends in Cuba and developments in U.S. policy toward Cuba.
The newsletter will be issued as events warrant, an issue or so per month, so we will [Read More...]
Education Tax Credits Benefit Parents, Kids and Schools Issue BriefThe idea of using tax credits to advance educational opportunity for at-risk children has gained momentum in the states in each of the past several years. Now as the President and 108th Congress turn to adopting a budget [Read More...]
Curbing Psychiatric Drugs for U.S. Schoolchildren Issue BriefIn a study released this week examining data for almost 900,000 youths who were enrolled in several states’ HMO or Medicaid programs, Dr. Julie Magno Zito and her associates at the University of Maryland found a 200 percent [Read More...]
Europeans on Cuba’s foreign investment regime [July 2002 statement by EU embassies in Havana]
The Legal and Administrative Framework for Foreign Trade and Investment By European Companies in Cuba
Since Cuba began to decentralize its foreign trade and allow foreign investment, European companies have been its [Read More...]
The Beginning of the End of a Policy? This article was written shortly after the House of Representatives approved the Flake amendments to end the Cuba travel ban and to lift limits on remittances that Americans send to Cuban families. It was published on Cubanet, a Miami-based service [Read More...]
Japan’s Death of Birth Issue BriefIn contrast to the astounding growth of its Asian neighbors, Japan’s economic power went on the wane a decade ago. This development has important consequences for the American economy, and an economically weak Japan can pose problems for [Read More...]
Congressional Policy Review Cuba Working Group
A Review of U.S. Policy Toward Cuba
U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC May 15, 2002
“I support improving the relations between Washington and Havana because…this can help us in our fight.” – Vladimiro Roca, May 13th, [Read More...]