*By Jaime Suchlicki Faithful to Lenin’s ideas that the school should “educate and prepare members of the Communist society,” the Castro revolution has used education as the instrument to build a new society – to develop the socialist man. The creation of the new man required a change in the values and attitudes of most …
By Pedro Roig As a historian and attorney this outline on the assassination of John F. Kennedy, searches into the essential issue of what the CIA and the FBI knew about Lee Harvey Oswald’s visits to the Cuban consulate in Mexico City prior to Kennedy’s assassination, the role of comandante Rolando Cubela in Kennedy’s plot …
*By Jaime Suchlicki One of the first economic measures introduced by the Castro revolution after 1959 was the 50% reduction in rents people paid for apartments and single-family residences. This Urban Reform Law was hailed as a victory for the lower and middle classes, and a measure that would stimulate the economy since now renters …
This is the first essay by the Cuban Studies Institute, in a research series on the successes of Cuba’s economy as a free market, private property, wealth producing Republic (1902-1958). In the years 1952-1958, it was an extraordinary achievement for Cuba to be able to sustain economic growth, within a successful nationalistic trend aimed to …
*By Pedro Roig The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dramatic event of the Cold War. Fifty-seven years ago, the U.S. and the Soviet Union stood on the threshold of a nuclear holocaust. The possible magnitude of the worldwide destruction can scarcely be overstated. The strategic concept for deploying nuclear missiles in Cuba was presented …
*Informe de equipo Aunque Cuba fue eliminada en 2015 de la lista del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos de países que apoyan el terrorismo, el régimen del general Raúl Castro continúa colaborando con grupos y países terroristas, y alberga terroristas estadounidenses, españoles y colombianos en la isla. Irán, Cuba y Venezuela han desarrollado una …
Staff Report* Although Cuba was removed in 2015 from the U.S. State Department list of countries supporting terrorism, General Raul Castro’s regime continues to collaborate with terrorist groups and countries, and harbors U.S., Spanish, and Colombian terrorists in the island. Iran, Cuba and Venezuela have developed a close and cooperative relationship against the U.S. and …
The Domestic Scene The limited economic changes introduced by Gen. Raúl Castro in Cuba encouraged some observers to proclaim the end of communism and the dismantling of the totalitarian system in the island. Notwithstanding Raúl Castro’s own statements that he was not elected to restore capitalism, these observers insisted on their belief that economic reforms …
La situación interna Los limitados cambios económicos introducidos por el general Raúl Castro en Cuba animaron a algunos observadores a proclamar el fin del comunismo y el desmantelamiento del sistema totalitario en la isla. A pesar de las declaraciones de Raúl Castro de que no fue elegido para restaurar el capitalismo, estos observadores insisten que …
