Analysis: Biden on crash course with upcoming Summit
By Domingo Amuchastegui The Summit of the Americas Conference, planned for June 6-10 in Los Angeles, is set…
Analysis: Cuba’s leadership, still firmly in the saddle
Post-May Day thoughts: The social outburst of July 11, 2021 — prompted by the sustained intolerance and gross…
A little history of agricultural dysfunction
Juan Triana Cordoví is appreciated as one of the best economic analysts in Cuba — and for his…
Analysis: Why 4% GDP growth this year is unlikely
Reaching 4% GDP growth this year is unlikely. When in December Minister of Economy and Planning Alejandro Gil…
Analysis: Time to drop any illusions regarding Biden and Cuba
By Domingo Amuchastegui I have no illusions: The resumption of relations between Cuba and the United States in…
Analysis: Cuba’s external stress
By Domingo Amuchastegui Cuba is highly dependent on imports, limited exports, and on investments and loans that do…
Nov. 15: Winners and losers
By Domingo Amuchastegui The challenge by the opposition organization Archipiélago, intended to precipitate the collapse of the Cuban…
Analysis: The looming showdown
By Domingo Amuchastegui Cuban exile groups in Miami, together with figures of the “paid opposition” on the island…
Analysis: Why did Díaz-Canel go to Mexico?
By Domingo Amuchastegui Did Miguel Díaz-Canel travel to Mexico City for the 200th anniversary of Mexico’s independence? To…
Analysis: The missing political dimension of Cuba’s reforms
By Domingo Amuchastegui The social outburst of July 11 has prompted the Party/State to undertake economic measures of…
Analysis: Tinkering with the statist model
By Domingo Amuchastegui Since the eruption of protests on July 11, the Cuban leadership has undertaken a number…
Analysis: Change or sink
By Domingo Amuchastegui “We change, or we sink,” Raúl Castro categorically said more than a decade ago. A…
Analysis: The unachievable goal of 6%
By Domingo Amuchastegui Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is one of the most talented heads in the current…
Analysis: Constitutional referendum: A landslide victory, with 27% ‘negative’ voters
One has to be blind not to recognize that this is a landslide victory. But the Cuban system also must accommodate the one-fourth of voters with contrarian or critical views
Analysis: Why U.S. regime-change efforts in Venezuela are an uphill struggle
All possible scenarios of the Venezuelan crisis hinge on one key factor: A coherent coup d'etat by the armed forces involving the entire chain of command.