This country report provides a description of the emergence of a health care system under public responsibility in Cuba. The inception of the health care system refers to the first legislation stipulating entitlements to medical care. The report also includes a brief description of major health...

US imperial policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean is characterised by a combination of dominance ambitions and exclusivity claims. Through drastic coercive measures, Washington is forcing an economic transformation in Venezuela without paving the way for a political transition. At the...

US imperial policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean is characterised by a combination of dominance ambitions and exclusivity claims. Through drastic coercive measures, Washington is forcing an economic transformation in Venezuela without paving the way for a political transition. At the...

This paper investigates the socio-economic and the energy changes that have taken place in six developing countries characterized by established tourism economies. By considering the years 2000 and 2021, the MuSIASEM approach is used to analyse the energy allocation and use that have taken place...

Pollutant load (PL) and its relation to waste treatment is currently one of the main indicators to be considered when evaluating production and service systems to achieve a more environmental quality and eco-friendly relationship with the environment. The objective of this paper is to evaluate...

Chicken manure (CM) is of a very complex and heterogeneous nature; thus, it is essential to analyze its properties to give it proper management. Direct use in agriculture as organic fertilizer is considered a popular treatment option for CM, which causes undesirable emissions of chemicals to the...

We provide quantitative evidence that the primary effects of economic sanctions are accompanied by strong extraterritorial effects – estimates of the former effects may be significantly biased if the latter effects are not taken into account. An econometric analysis of the U.S. embargo on Cuba...

"This book explores how northeastern Cuba became a hub of international solidarity and transnational movements in the 1920s and 1930s, showing how the Oriente Province emerged as a focal point for global visions of resistance."

The Cuban economy faces challenges similar to those of the Special Period of the 1990s. The current crisis, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on an already fragile economic system, is marked by a multi-year recession, runaway inflation, and social unrest, exacerbated by the persistence...

Intellectual Property (IP) refers to any creation, invention or sign, which can be used in commerce and can generate profits for its creator (to whom is bound), inventor or rights holder. Hence, it must be considered as part of the main assets in a company or industry. IP is usually divided into...

This article studies the particularities of the creation and operation of foreign investment Joint Ventures in dictatorial regimes, with special emphasis on the relationship between dictatorship and investors. The hotel business in Cuba is studied in depth as a case study, since it is a...

Published on the 20th anniversary of the 1994-95 Cuban rafter crisis in Guantánamo, this article analyzes the main case of CABA v. Christopher as both a public memory and a legal precedent for Guantánamo issues that continue to arise

This article studies the particularities of the creation and operation of foreign investment Joint Ventures in dictatorial regimes, with special emphasis on the relationship between dictatorship and investors. The hotel business in Cuba is studied in depth as a case study, since it is a...

The threat of nuclear annihilation has never been higher than in 1962, when US President Kennedy and Soviet Premier Khruschev engaged in brinkmanship over the placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba during October 16-28. Although the resolution of the crisis was followed by a sustained recovery in...

Chapter One: 1492-1898: from the colonial conquest to the war of independence -- Chapter Two: 1898-1958: from the U.S. imperialist domination to guerrilla warfare beginning in 1956 -- Chapter Three: 1958-1991: from the victory of the Revolution to the fall of the Soviet Union -- Chapter Four:...

""Cuba's future must, by necessity, be a future of scientists," Fidel Castro proclaimed in 1960. As Agustín Lage Dávila shows in this pathbreaking book, Cuba has in fact become a global leader in both the generation and application of scientific knowledge-as demonstrated by its ubiquitous...

"This book offers an economic history of the Cuban revolution between 1959 and 2019, with a focus on the period that ranges between 2008 and 2018. It aims to explain in a historical perspective the Cuban economic challenges through the category of 'peripheral socialism'. The core of the research...

The Cuban Archipelago: biological diversity, ecosystems and landscapes / José Manuel Guzmán Menéndez -- The System of National Reserves in Cuba. Conserving biodiversity and ecosystem services / Carlos Gallardo Toirac, Augusto de Jesús Martínez Zorrilla, José Augusto Valdés Pérez and...

Abstract This chapter aims to improve the mechanisms of economic integration between Russia and Cuba. The methodology used by the author in this chapter is mainly composed of the method of historical-comparative, inductive, and analytical-synthetic analysis. The author used the existing...

This paper investigates why the US economic embargo against Cuba is still in place, despite its lack of effectiveness towards the stated objectives of the US government. An explanatory approach with two theoretical frameworks from economics and political science is applied. The paper explores...

This paper investigates how voters respond to threats to the nation by estimating the political effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis. To establish causality, I exploit the geographical variation induced by the range of the missiles: only U.S. localities within 1,000 nautical miles from Cuba could...

This paper investigates why the US economic embargo against Cuba is still in place, despite its lack of effectiveness towards the stated objectives of the US government. An explanatory approach with two theoretical frameworks from economics and political science is applied. The paper explores...