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Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Obstacles To U.S. Investment In Cuba, Thais Lopez
Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Obstacles To U.S. Investment In Cuba, Thais Lopez
FIU Law Review
Investing in Cuba poses several obstacles to U.S. investors. Cuba’s new Law of Foreign Investment and new Constitution do not provide remedies or protections against the state’s takings of private property or imprisonment without charge. On the U.S. side, Title III of the Helms-Burton Act has made U.S. investors the most vulnerable to claims worth billions in damages under the Act.
The Human Environment: Awakening To The Indomitable Cuban Spirit--Government, Culture, And People, Berta Hernández-Truyol
The Human Environment: Awakening To The Indomitable Cuban Spirit--Government, Culture, And People, Berta Hernández-Truyol
FIU Law Review
My thoughts are to write about The Human Environment. I will address the recent events concerning the increased silencing of dissent and the criminal law reforms that prohibit peaceful gatherings.
Transition-Denial And Structural Adjustment: Causation And Culpability In The Cuban Economy, José Gabilondo
Transition-Denial And Structural Adjustment: Causation And Culpability In The Cuban Economy, José Gabilondo
FIU Law Review
In 2020, Cuba implemented the Tarea Ordenamiento (Tarea), the most significant economic reform since the construction of the socialist economy after the Revolution. Signaling an eclectic brand of Cuban socialism, the Tarea clears away three decades of tried and failed economic doctrines, drawing a new fiscal border around state enterprises, nodding to market realities, and preparing the island for greater insertion into the world economy. While the political economy of post-Castro Cuba has changed in this way, the United States continues to subject the island to an unprecedented program of unilateral sanctions, universally condemned as a breach of human rights, …
Contemporary Crises In Cuba: Economic, Political, And Social, Silvia Pedraza, Carlos Romero
Contemporary Crises In Cuba: Economic, Political, And Social, Silvia Pedraza, Carlos Romero
FIU Law Review
In this paper my co-author and I will present the various crises that are taking place in Cuba at present: economic, political, and cultural. We rely on published data, such as the GDP, as well as materials from in-depth interviews and participant observation.
Present And Future Of Environmental Law In Cuba, Daimar Cánovas González
Present And Future Of Environmental Law In Cuba, Daimar Cánovas González
FIU Law Review
The environmental legal framework in Cuba is based on constitutional article 75 and Law 81, of July 11, 1997, on the environment, a framework law on the matter, with a series of complementary provisions with the rank of Decree Law or Ministerial Resolution. The adoption of the new constitutional text in 2019 is followed by the updating of all environmental legislation that requires a new framework law, which fills the gaps in the current one and leads to more effective environmental management. The paper addresses some of the areas in which significant changes have occurred or should occur. In particular, …
No Way, Usa!: The Lack Of A Repatriation Agreement With Cuba And Its Effects On U.S. Immigration Policies, Annasofia A. Roig
No Way, Usa!: The Lack Of A Repatriation Agreement With Cuba And Its Effects On U.S. Immigration Policies, Annasofia A. Roig
FIU Law Review
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