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Economic Development Mar 28, 2018 Snapshot

Cuba After the Castros

For the first time in nearly 60 years, Cuba will be led by someone not bearing the surname Castro.

Marguerite Jimenez

Miguel Díaz-Canel in Havana, March 2018.

Politics & Society Oct 3, 2017 Snapshot

How Hurricanes Helped Shape Modern Cuba

Hurricanes have been catalysts for change in Cuba's economy and politics, including its complicated relationship with the United States.

Eric Gettig

A man works at the terrace of a building in which the facade collapsed during the passage of Hurricane Irma in downtown Havana, September 2017.

Trump Administration Jun 19, 2017 Snapshot

Trump's Rollback on Cuba

On June 16, speaking from the heart of the Cuban exile community in Little Havana, President Donald Trump declared that he would be “cancelling” plans to ease...

Michael J. Bustamante

Economics Jan 2, 2017 Snapshot

Cuba's Road Ahead

Cuba faces serious economic challenges, but its system has proved resilient, and the island’s future is likely to be one of reform, rather than revolution.

Emily Morris

A man stands near former Cuban President Fidel Castro's birthplace in Biran, Cuba, December 2016.

Cuba Dec 14, 2016 Snapshot

Castro's Legacy in Puerto Rico

Even after Castro’s death, it seems, the movements he inspired, and perhaps even had a hand in organizing, continue to reveal the stress fractures between societies...

Zach Dorfman

Politics & Society Nov 28, 2016 Snapshot

The Next Cuban Revolution?

Fidel Castro's death raises the stakes in the debate over the future of the Cuban state and economy.

Anne Nelson

A picture of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro hangs from the Cuban National Library in Havana, Cuba, November 2016.

Democratization Nov 27, 2016 Snapshot

Farewell, Fidel

Projections of what will come after Fidel Castro's death should strive to be less conclusive, chastened by that earlier experience.

Michael J. Bustamante

A Cuban stands in front of a mural of Fidel Castro in Havana, following the announcement of Castro's death, November 2016.

Cuba Apr 19, 2016 Letter From

The Cuban Internet

In Cuba, Internet access is hard to come by. But Cubans have discovered a way to create their own version of the Internet.

Laura Lehman, Mariela Machado Fantacchiotti, Emily Sylvia, Chiara Bercu, Gary Verburg, Tricia Johnson, and Ana Carolina Diaz

Business Apr 5, 2016 Letter From

Business Unusual in Cuba

U.S. entrepreneurs in Cuba are discovering that normalized trade relations will require them to find a common language, and even a common currency in which to do...

Anne Nelson and Debi Spindelman

Obama Administration Mar 18, 2016 Snapshot

Obama's Move on Cuba

Next week, U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Cuba, the first of any sitting U.S. president in 88 years. What it will mean for U.S. Cuban relations?

Michael J. Bustamante

U.S. Foreign Policy Oct 21, 2015 Snapshot

Iran, Cuba, and the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court’s eventual decision after hearings with Bank Markazi, the central bank of Iran, may provide overdue justice for terrorism victims. But such cases...

Julius Taranto

Cuba Aug 19, 2015 Snapshot

A Cuban Conundrum

Under the veneer of ceremonial good feeling, contradictions in relations among Washington, Havana, and the Cuban diaspora in Miami have endured.

Michael J. Bustamante

Energy May 4, 2015 Letter From

Cuba's Abandoned Nuclear City

In 1976, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union drew up blueprints for a nuclear plant and city. The town was never finished, but Ciudad Nuclear did not die...

Darmon Richter

Political Development Apr 21, 2015 Letter From

Nadir of the Americas

Average Cubans on depressed state salaries are already hurrying to grab the last of this year’s delayed crop of potatoes. Across town,Sara’s Bar draws patrons from the...

Michael J. Bustamante

Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro shout slogans as they burn a U.S. national flag during a demonstration.

Obama Administration Apr 9, 2015 Snapshot

Delisted in Havana

The State Department's recent recommendation that Obama take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of international terrorism removes a major roadblock to the re...

William M. LeoGrande

Cuban flags fly beside the United States Interests Section in Havana, April 5, 2015.

Business Feb 17, 2015 Snapshot

Havana Calling

Easing the U.S. embargo on Cuba will provide companies with immediate economic opportunities, so long as they are willing to bear the administrative and bureaucratic...

Jose W. Fernandez and Eric Lorber

Political Development Dec 30, 2014 Snapshot

The Cuban Knot

The United States and Cuba could not have restored diplomatic ties without the Catholic Church. But the church could be the negotiations' biggest loser: many Catholics...

Victor Gaetan

Cuba's Catholic Church leader Cardinal Jaime Ortega takes part in the annual procession of Our Lady of Charity, 2014.

Political Development Dec 21, 2014 Postscript

Cuban Comrades

The agreement reached between the Obama administration and the Cuban government is by any measure historic, necessary, and overdue. Yet as the diplomatic rubber hits...

Michael J. Bustamante

A child holds a Cuban flag during a concert in Havana, December 20, 2014.

Political Development May/June 2014 Letter

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The Truth About Castro

Michael Dickson

From the Archives July/August 2013 Essay

Cuba After Communism

Cuba has entered a new era of economic reform that defies easy comparison to post-Communist transitions elsewhere. Washington should take the initiative and establish...

Julia E. Sweig and Michael J. Bustamante

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Cuba After the Castros

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Cuba After the Castros

How Hurricanes Helped Shape Modern Cuba

Trump's Rollback on Cuba

Cuba's Road Ahead

Castro's Legacy in Puerto Rico

The Next Cuban Revolution?

Farewell, Fidel

The Cuban Internet

Business Unusual in Cuba

Obama's Move on Cuba

Iran, Cuba, and the Supreme Court

A Cuban Conundrum

Cuba's Abandoned Nuclear City

Nadir of the Americas

Delisted in Havana

Havana Calling

The Cuban Knot

Cuban Comrades

The Truth About Castro

Cuba After Communism

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