| 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).
CTP
TO HOST SEMINAR IN BUCHAREST
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The CTP, in association with The Institute for the Investigation
of Communist Crimes in Romania, will host a seminar, "Cuba
Under Raul: Domestic and Foreign Policies," in Bucharest,
Romania on May 28, 2009. The seminar will have Secretary Carlos
Gutierrez, Ambassador Luis Lauredo, and The Honorable Marius
Oprea, Advisor to the Romanian Foreign Minister, as main speakers.
Attendance to the seminar is by invitation only. For more information
please contact the CTP by email, ctp.iccas@miami.edu.
JUAN
O. TAMAYO JOINS ICCAS
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ICCAS is delighted to announce that Juan O. Tamayo,
former Foreign Editor and Chief of Correspondents at The
Miami Herald, has joined the Institute as a Research Associate.
Tamayo was The Herald’s correspondent
in charge of Cuba coverage from 1995 to 2000, during which time
he wrote hundreds of stories on Cuba. At ICCAS Tamayo will be
responsible for a new monthly, electronic publication, “Cuba
Observer,” and will participate in the research and
activities of the Institute.
The fourth issue of Enfoque Economico,
"Desempeño y estructura de las ventas agrícolas
estadounidenses a Cuba," CTP's monthly short, analytical
reports written by Prof. Mario Gonzalez-Corzo, was sent recently
to a list of Cuban dissident and government economists in the
island.
A new issue of Cuba Focus, "Raúl
Castro’s Cuba: Ally of Rogue Regimes and Safe Haven for
Terrorists," was recently released. Click
here to view.
The current
issue of Cuban Affairs, the quarterly
electronic journal of ICCAS, includes the following articles:
Miami Dade’s Cuban-American Voters in the 2008
Election
Benjamin G. Bishin, Feryal M. Cherif, Andy S. Gomez,
Casey Klofstad
Cuba After Castro: Potential Impact on the International
Crime Environment
Rafael Fermoselle
The Sources of Cuban Official Conduct
Néstor Enrique Cruz
Russia-Cuba Relations
Leopoldo Fornés-Bonavía Dolz
Book reviews and a chronology of recent events in Cuba are also
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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