| 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).
CUBA
SEMINAR HELD IN BUCHAREST
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The CTP, in association with The Institute for the Investigation
of Communist Crimes in Romania, hosted a very successful seminar,
"Cuba Under Raul: Domestic and Foreign Policies,"
in Bucharest, Romania on May 28, 2009. The objectives of the
seminar were to discuss the current situation in Cuba and to
bring together European NGOs dealing with Cuba to coordinate
activities and programs. Video of the seminar and written summaries
of remarks are now available on the CTP website, please click
here.
The fifth issue of Enfoque Economico,
"Cuba: ¿Hacia una 'cultura del agua'?"
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. This and previous issues
of Enfoque Economico can be seen in
the CTP website.
Two new issues of Cuba Focus, "Fidel
Plays the Race Card,"
click here to view, and "U.S. Now Has Zero Tolerance
for Cuban Spies," click
here to view, are available at the CTP website. A new issue
of Cuba Facts, "Cuba: Hard
Currency Debt, 2008," click
here to view, is also available.
All publications of the CTP in Spanish and English can be viewed
in our website, http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu/main.htm.
The website is now receiving about one million hits per year,
many from the island.
The next
issue of Cuban Affairs, the quarterly
electronic journal of ICCAS, will include important and timely
articles, such as "Castro, Drug Trafficking and U.S.-Cuban
Relations," by Rensselaer Lee.
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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