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Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2005. 430 pp. $24.99 (paper).

2012

Political discourse is situated spatially and temporally on constantly shifting (political) terrain; it is ideologically driven and is embedded in, and a reflection of, a complex web of norms and conventions, including historical, cultural and linguistic ones. Among its strategic functions are coercion, resistance or opposition, and legitimization or delegitimization. This last function is shared by the media which, in reframing and representing statements and events, also contributes to legitimizing and delegitimizing ideas, policies, individuals and groups. And, when political statements originating in a foreign country are reported in Canadian and U.S. media, translators are called upon to participate in this reframing. Media reports of political discourse therefore provide an important source for examining interpretations and reinterpretations. This paper examines statements made by Cuban politicians, and published in English-language media in Canada and the United States. It ex...

University of Buckingham Department of Economic and International Studies Winter Seminar Series Wednesday 24th February 4:45pm - AdRB 1 Stephen Wilkinson - Associate Lecturer, King’s College London. He is also the Editor of the International Journal of Cuban Studies. ‘The US move towards Cuba and Cuba’s move towards the market’ Since 17 December 2014 when the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba was announced, there has been an intensified focus on Cuba in the media. Speculation is mounting that the United States is preparing to lift its 50-year-old economic embargo of the island. This paper places this diplomaic development in the broader context of the process of economic and political liberalisation that has been taking place in the island under the leadership of Raúl Castro and the changing demographics of southern Florida. It argues that, regardless of the outcome of the electoral process in the United States, the convergence between the United States and Cuba will continue.

The International Journal of Cuban Studies, 2011

This article presents a discourse analysis of 'race' and 'otherness' in press editorials published in Cuban newspapers during specific periods of the twentieth century. It analyses the discursive strategies used by newspapers to construct and legitimise their idea of national identity, especially with reference to argumentation and the representation of social agents. The corpus used for this study consists of editorials from Diario de la Marina for the first half of the century (1902, 1912, 1939-40) and the national edition of Cranma for the revolutionary periods (1975-76, 1998-99). The article also examines how discursive strategies, and the idea of national identity they construct, changed over the course of the century. Finally, it will review the extent to which the conclusions of this analysis intersect with those from other studies in the fields of history or literature.

Economic Affairs

This article firstly analyses the internal economic trajectory of the Cuban economic reforms and evaluates their effectiveness in delivering the extensive and intensive development needed to resolve Cuba's structural and economic imbalances. It concludes that without the lifting of the U.S. economic sanctions, success will at best be only partial, with serious implications for long-term stability. The article then evaluates the reasons for the U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba and argues that while the embargo policy might have failed to topple the Cuban communist regime, it has served other, largely unacknowledged, purposes that are important in understanding why the policy has persisted. The article concludes by suggesting that the U.S. is not likely to jettison the sanctions regime while Cuba remains a single party, state led economic system. At the same time, Cuba is not likely to jettison its single party system while the sanctions remain.

Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, 2009

New West Indian Guide, 1992

Monthly Review, 1961

New West Indian Guide, 2007

each approach Cuba through a new lens. Gott does so by providing a broad-sweep history of Cuba, which is epic in scope, attaches importance to social as much as political and economic history, and blends scholarship with flair. Kapcia homes in on Havana as the locus for Cuban culture, whereby cultural history becomes the trope for exploring not only the city but also Cuban national identity. Farber revisits his own and others' interpretations of the origins of the Cuban Revolution. All three are driven by an interest in the Revolution, and yet are drawn to history-Gott from journalism, Kapcia from literature, and Farber from political science. Gott and Kapcia, both British-based, cover five centuries of history since the Spanish conquest, though their strengths lie in the more contemporary period. This is evidenced in the uneven balance of their treatment. Gott devotes less than one-quarter of his book to the pre-868 period, and fully half to the post-953 years. In Kapcia's book, only one of the chapters is pre-twentieth century, and half is on the post-959 revolutionary years. Farber-Cuban-born, U.S.-based-covers a much more limited time frame, 868-96, weaving together a pre-and immediate postrevolutionary analysis. Strikingly, none cites the others' work. Farber's Origins might be viewed as an update of his 976 book, Revolution and Reaction in Cuba, 1933-1960, in light of scholarship of the last thirty

The article seeks to analyze the role of the changes introduced by the administration of the former president Barack Obama in 2014—2016 into the bilateral US-Cuba relations; and the way in which the new presidential team are to reorganize this direction. The question on the attitude of Donald Trump towards currently existing policies aimed at solving the long-lasting problem with Cuban socialism is especially interesting since new US president has multiple times condemned the old ways practiced by the former establishment, but at the same time has shown readiness to act in a straightforward and confrontational manner. One of contributors of the paper, Santiago Perez Benitez, deputy director of the Center for International Political Studies in Havana, is attempting to provide his professional expertise in granting an insider view from the Cuban side, evaluating the progress made since the 2014 and interpret the notion of the upcoming policy changes in Washington. The importance of the Cuban issue in the framework of US. policy in the Western hemisphere is explained by the fact that a solution in this sphere could help remake a negative image of Pan-American policies that haunts Washington. Cuban issue has also been long considered a possible key for reestablish-ment of trust between the United States and Latin American countries. For president Trump, quite unpopular judging by the polls, Cuban issue also has a potential to earn support of his own constituents, who strongly support lifting the embargo from Cuba. However now after certain decisions of Donald Trump the future of US-Cuban relations seems to get gloomier by the day.