| Welcome to CTP News, the monthly newsletter of
the Cuba Transition Project (CTP) at the University of Miami's
Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS). The
CTP is funded by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
DISCUSSION
ON CUBA'S MILITARY
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On September 4, 2009 the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American
Studies (ICCAS) hosted a panel discussion, "Los
Militares y el Futuro de Cuba," with panelists
Alcibiades Hidalgo, former Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations
and former secretary of Gen. Raul Castro; Roberto Hernandez
del Llano, former MININT official; and Roberto Ortega, former
FAR colonel and head of the FAR medical team. Copies of the
video are now available for $20.00, includes shipping and handling.
If you are interested in purchasing the video, please email
us at ctp.iccas@miami.edu
for further information.
NOTE: The discussion is in Spanish.
The September issue of Enfoque Economico,
"El consumo en Cuba: Reseña histórica,
evolución reciente y perspectivas para el futuro,"
(Consumption in Cuba: Historical Background, Recent Developments
and Future Prospects), CTP's monthly short, analytical
reports written by ICCAS Research Associate Mario Gonzalez-Corzo,
was sent recently to a list of Cuban dissident and government
economists in the island as well as to the CTP electronic Cuba
list. Previous issues of Enfoque Economico
can be seen in the CTP website.
Two new issues of Cuba Focus, "Cuban-Russian
Growing Military Cooperation," click
here to view, and "Cuba’s Youth: The New
Opposition," click
here to view, are available at the CTP website.
The current
issue of Cuban Affairs, the quarterly
electronic journal of ICCAS, includes the following articles:
Castro, Drug Trafficking and U.S.-Cuban Relations
Rensselaer Lee
Cuban Days: The Inscrutable Nation
Tom Gjelten
The Political Will to Democratize in Cuba: An Implication
for U.S. Policy
Roger R. Betancourt and Jorge A. Sanguinetty
Transfers of Non-Productive State-Owned Lands to Private
Producers in Cuba: Agricultural Privatization or a Step towards
Market Socialism?
Mario A. González-Corzo
Book reviews and a chronology of recent events in Cuba will
also be included.
The cost of the journal is $25 for a year’s subscription
to individuals. Institutional subscriptions are $95. We invite
you to visit the journal’s website click
here for more information and/or to subscribe.
The
CTP can be contacted at P.O. Box 248174, Coral Gables, Florida
33124-3010, Tel: 305-284-CUBA (2822), Fax: 305-284-4875, and
by email at ctp.iccas@miami.edu.
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