Cuban Studies Institute

The Cuban Studies Institute (Instituto de Estudios Cubanos) is a research, non-profit center, that disseminates the reality about Cuba and its foreign policy.

What Cubans Can Not Do Under Raul Castro

Cubans can not: • Travel abroad without government permission. • Change jobs without government permission. • Change residence without government permission. • Access the Internet without government permission (the Internet is closely monitored and controlled by the government. Only 5% of the population has access to the Internet). • Send their children to a private

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Real Colegio y Seminario de San Carlos

Founded in Old Havana in 1773 by Bishop José de Hechavarría, as the Real and Consular Seminario, to prepare sons of the white aristocracy for careers in the church, it was  housed in the former Jesuits’ school and annexed to the moribund Seminario de San Ambrosio.  San Carlos had a tremendous impact on intellectual developments

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Soles y Rayos de Bolivar

One of early 19th century Cuba’s most important secret societies, it was founded in 1821 by Cuban Creole leader José Francisco Lemus (who had fought in Colombia under  Bolivar), Colombian revolutionary José Fernández Madrid, Haitian revolutionary Sévère Courtois, and the poet José María Heredia. Its name derived from its cellular organization.  Each new recruit (women

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Consulado de Agricultura, Industria y Comercio y Junta de Fomento de La Habana, Real (1794-1894)

A government agency for promoting economic development. The consulado originated in medieval Spain as a guild of merchants in a port city to administer commercial law, particularly in regard to overseas trade. As Spanish administration was centralized in the late 15th century, the crown took control of appointing its officers. The consulado of Seville came

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Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País

Two individuals in the late eighteen century were instrumental in shaping the intellectual climate of the island, Captain-General Don Luis de las Casas and Bishop Díaz de Espada.  A truly enlightened ruler in both cultural and economic matters, las Casas was sent to Cuba as captain-general in 1790. After he acquired a sugar mill, his

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