Cuba Policy Report
Issue #17 Like a New Man
The American press reported a CIA assessment that Fidel Castro has Parkinson's disease, and the Cuban president responded last November 17 with a four-hour speech that showed stamina and a sense that ...
Issue #16 The Man Who Could Not Take a Hint
Luis Posada Carriles, a man who has admitted involvement in terrorist acts, ended up in federal custody May 17 and now faces immigration charges and potential long-term detention. His case presents the Bush Administration...
Issue #15 La Voz de Miami
Both sides of the Cuba debate made news in Washington on April 27, but only one side was covered in detail by the U.S. government's broadcasts to Cuba. More than 600 activists came to Washington for "Cuba...
Issue #14 Cuba’s International Economic Strategy Pays Off
Rather than rely on expanded market-based reforms, Cuba has embarked on a series of long-term international economic initiatives geared toward strengthening the state economy and increasing trade,...
Issue #13 De-Dollarization
For Cuba, it seems that the dollar may be more trouble than it's worth. Soon, greenbacks will not be accepted in hotels, restaurants, gas stations, or any other commercial outlet in Cuba. Cuba is not abandoning its dual ...
Issue #12 “Transition” in Detail
In the Library of Congress there are thick, yellowing volumes whose brittle pages show how the United States governed Cuba a century ago. These annual reports of the U.S. Army officers who were the military governors...
Issue #11 Dieting for Democracy
Depending on the outcome of a debate that President Bush may settle as soon as today, Cuban families themselves may be targeted, and their welfare harmed, by new measures that would prevent Cuban ...
Issue #10 “Transition”
With the world's attention focused on political change in Iraq, the Bush Administration is making plans for a transition closer to home, in Cuba. The Administration has created a commission to devise methods...
Issue #9 President Bush Courts Old Miami
The Cuba policy remarks President Bush delivered last Friday were more notable for their embrace of Miami's most hard-line, first-generation segment of the Cuban exile community than for their relatively ...
Issue #8 Miami Counterpoint
The Cuba debate permeates South Florida every day, but it took an unusual turn last Saturday when the Bush Administration, having learned that a summit of pro-engagement groups would take place at the ...
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