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Dealing with the New Cuba

Will They Still Love Us Tomorrow? Canada-Cuba Business Relations and the End of the US Embargo

The truth about Cuba?

What does Cuba's socialist economy look like today, after a half-century of fluctuating strategies? Are the reforms instituted by Raúl Castro improving living conditions and boosting production and efficiency? What challenges does the government face in crafting policies to address the country's most critical problems? Paolo Spadoni offers deeply informed answers to these questions as he traces the evolution of Cuba's economy, explores the current state of affairs in key sectors, and assesses the likelihood that government efforts to cure Cuba's economic woes will be successful.

Cuba's Socialist Economy Today: Navigating Challenges and Change

"An excellent study indicating how transnational players, particularly corporations, nation-states (including Cuba), and individual tourists (particularly Cuban-Americans) were able purposefully or inadvertently to undermine the U.S. embargo on Cuba so that from its earliest stage in 1960 it was doomed to failure."--Peter Schwab, SUNY-PurchaseFor almost five decades, the United States has maintained a comprehensive economic embargo on Cuba. U.S.-based travel to the island is severely restricted, and most financial and commercial transactions with Cuba are illegal for U.S. citizens. In the 1990s the United States tightened the embargo further, seeking to promote change in Cuba by depriving the Castro government of hard currency revenues. And yet the stalemate remains.How effective has the embargo been in achieving its main goal? Paolo Spadoni dispassionately answers, "Not very." By extending his analysis to non-state actors (including multinational corporations, migrants, international travelers, indirect investors, and food exporters), Spadoni demonstrates that the United States has not only been unable to stifle the flow of foreign investment into Cuba but has actually contributed to the recovery of the Cuban economy, particularly from the deep recession it entered following the demise of the Soviet Union.Failed Sanctionsis a must-read book for those who closely follow Cuban-U.S. relations and for anyone interested in the efficacy of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool.

Failed Sanctions: Why the U.S. Embargo against Cuba Could Never Work (Contemporary Cuba)

Spadoni is a tri-lingual political economist with a specialization in international relations and a focus on Latin America’s political and business environments. His research focuses on international relations theories, Cuba's economy and business market, foreign investment in Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations. Spadoni also has a solid background in comparative politics, Cuba-European Union relationship and foreign investment in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. He has extensive traveling experience throughout Latin America including countries such as Cuba, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.

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Cuba hit hard by lack of tourists, but YoYos and American visitors soften the blow

Cuba woos Russians, Chinese to revive ailing tourist sector

New Cuba reform allows farmers to hire workers directly

Cuba to legally recognize private firms in move bolstering market reforms

'A Series of Razors Waiting to Cut You': The High Cost of Doing Business in Cuba

In Cuba, racial inequality deepens with tourism boom

Economica cubana y los costos del crecimiento

As Fidel Castro and his Cuban revolution fade, is Cuba rising?

Cuban tourism industry flounders as sunseekers look elsewhere

Russians disappear from Cuba beaches, casting doubt on tourism recovery

No Fuel? No Problem: Tourists in Cuba Brave Worsening Shortages

Associate Professor of Political Science

BizAsiaAmerica anchor Phillip Yin speaks with correspondent Michael Voss and University of Florida Professor Paulo Spadoni on the Cuban economy and reforms under President Raul Castro.

Cuba Economic Reform: What Direction is the Country Taking?

For more on Cuba-US relations Elaine Reyes spoke to author Paolo Spadoni, a professor of political science at Georgia Regents University.

Paolo Spadoni's perspective on US-Cuba Relations

Cuba & California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity

Friday, September 28, 2012
9:00 - 5:30
Banatao Auditorium
Sutardja Dai Hall
UC Berkeley

Speakers:
Mark Entwistle, Director and Special Advisor, Acasta Capital
Kirby Jones, President, Alamar Associates
Paolo Spadoni, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Augusta State University

Chair: Laura Enriquez, Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley

Cuba &amp; California: Panel 1 - Forecasting Cuban Economic Reforms

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