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Dupes or not, it is time to stop covert ops in Cuba
At a conservative estimate the U.S. Government has spent at least $390 million since 1996 on trying to subvert the Cuban government by covert means. That is the startling truth if Fulton Armstrong, a senior advisor on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is to be believed. Armstrong, who had three years’ experience as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s chief investigator into operations run by the State Department and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America, has called on the Obama administration to stop wasting money on a hopelessly corrupt and forlorn project.
Continue readingCuba’s New Resolve: Economic Reform and its Implications for U.S. Policy
The Washington-based Center for Democracy in the Americas has publised a comprehensive report – Cuba’s New Resolve: Economic Reform and its Implications for U.S. Policy—which reflects what its says it has learned and why it believes it’s important for U.S. policy makers to understand what is unfolding in Cuba at this time.
Continue readingA Star is Born? Enter the CELAC
Dr Manuel Barcía Paz, senior lecturer at the University of Leeds and a board member of the IISC, has written on the founding of the new Caribbean and Latin American regional organisation: the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, better known by its Spanish acronym CELAC (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños). Dr Barcía argues that while there have been attempts at regional integration in the past, this time the exclusion of the United States and Canada is a sign that the countries of the South are striking out on a new path towards independence.
Predicting the future: What will happen over Cuba in 2012?
The Washington based think-tank Inter-American Dialogue published a newsletter on 20 December prediciting the likelihood of further changes in Cuba during 2012. Among the contributors to the Latin American Advisor was Dr Stephen Wilkinson, Chairman of the IISC.
Journal plans special issues
The International Journal of Cuban Studies is planning two special editions and academics and writers are being asked to submit proposals for articles now. The first special issue will commemorate the October Missile Crisis of 1962 and the second will examine the effects of the Special Period in time of peace on Cuba.
Searching for Celia: BBC radio focuses on Fidel’s confidant
Celia Sanchez was at the heart of Cuba's revolutionary government for over two decades and now BBC radio has uncovered the story of this enigmatic and fascinating woman. In this Sunday Feature on BBC Radio 3, Linda Pressly explores the life and legacy of Celia Sanchez - from small-town beginnings as a doctor's daughter in Oriente, to her pivotal position in Havana. It delves into her associations, professional and personal... What were the mechanics of her everyday relationship with Cuba's maximo leader, Fidel Castro? How profound was her political influence? And what was her contribution to the distinctive revolutionary culture that emerged in Cuba?