| 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).
The Anti-Defamation League, in association with
the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American
Studies (ICCAS), the Center for Hemispheric Policy, and the
Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies
held a panel discussion, The Influence of Iran in Latin
America: The Venezuelan and Cuban Connection, on March
17, 2008.
Panelists included Carlos Alberto Montaner,
renowned journalist; Patrick Clawson, Deputy
Director for research at the Washington Institute for Near East
Policy and author of Eternal Iran: Continuity and Chaos;
José Azel, Senior Research Associate
at ICCAS; and Jaime Suchlicki, Director, ICCAS.
A video of the discussion is now available on our website,
http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu/main.htm,
under "New/Relevant."
Antonio Jorge, Senior Research
Associate at ICCAS and Senior Academic Advisor for CTP, will
speak on "What Can Cubans Learn from Transitions in
Eastern Europe?" on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 6:30-9:00
p.m. at Casa Bacardi, Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American
Studies, University of Miami. The lecture will be held in Spanish.
It is free and open to the public. To reserve, please call (305)
284-2822.
A new issue of Cuba Focus,
"After Raul, qué?" is now available
at the CTP website, click
here to view. Two new issues of Cuba Facts,
"Cuba's Mortgaged Future: Castro Regime Foreign Debt,
2007," click
here to view, and "How Much Does Every Cuban Owe:
Cuba's Foreign Debt per Capita," click
here to view, are also available at the CTP website.
| TELECONFERENCE
WITH CUBAN YOUTH |
In collaboration with the U.S. Interests Section
in Havana, the CTP held a video teleconference with 12 students/youths
in Cuba on March 18, 2008. The Cuban youths spoke with six students
from CAUSA, a group of young Cuban-Americans from the University
of Miami who met at ICCAS for the event. In the candid exchange,
the Cuban participants spoke of their dissatisfaction with the
government and on the rising of youth activism on the island.
On Tuesday, April 8th the Cuba Business
Roundtable will begin a quarterly series of live public
telephone conference calls hosted by some of the top ICCAS Cuba
experts and special guests. This special series will begin exploring
the challenges and opportunities that businesses will encounter
in a post-Castro, post-embargo Cuba.
Experts and guests include: Jaime Suchlicki,
Director, ICCAS; José Azel, Senior Research
Associate at ICCAS; and Pedro A. Freyre, shareholder
and Co-Chair of the Global practice group in the law firm of
Akerman, Senterfitt.
The live conference call will begin promptly
at 11:30am.
To RSVP for the conference call, please call (305)
284-2822 to obtain the conference call number and code as there
will be a limited number of access lines. Some AT&T charges
may apply.
The current issue of Cuban Affairs, the quarterly electronic
journal of ICCAS, includes the following articles:
Cuban-Americans
and Foreign Direct Investments in Post-Castro Cuba: “An
Ace in the Hole”
José Azel
Civil Society in Cuba: Advancing through Moral Convictions
and Public Connectedness
Maria del Pilar Aristigueta
The Rise and Fall of Private Foreign Investment in
Cuba
Jorge F. Pérez-López
Racism in Black and White: A Cuban Perspective
Víctor Manuel Domínguez García
Book reviews and a chronology
of recent events in Cuba are also included.
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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