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Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems

A Journal of the University of Iowa College of Law

Symposium

Whither Goes Cuba?

Prospects for Economic and Social Development

Guest Editor: Enrique Carrasco, The University of Iowa College of Law

PART I OF II

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMPOSIUM

Cuba’s Development and Trade with U.S. Midwestern States: Opening

Enrique Carrasco         1

OPENING SPEAKER

U.S.-Cuban Trade: How We Got to this Point and Prospects for the Future

Wayne S. Smith         13

CUBA TODAY

Agricultural Production Cooperatives: The Future of Cuban Agriculture?

Frederick S. Royce         19

Environmental Justice in Cuba: Capital Needs, Developing a Tourist Infrastructure, and Liberty of Access to National Resources

Colin Crawford         55

U.S. Financial Flows in the Cuban Economy

Paolo Spadoni         81

Tourism, Gender, and Globalization: Tourism in Cuba During the Special Period

Elisa Facio, Maura Toro-Morn, & Anne R. Roschelle         119

CUBA & DEMOCRATIZATION:

SHOULD SANCTIONS BE LIFTED?

Cuba is no Longer a “State Sponsor of Terrorism”: Why the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Sanction Failed

Keith Sealing         143

Who Could End the Embargo? A Game-Theoretical Perspective

Josep M. Colomer         163

Helms Burton: The Dilemma of Hard Wiring Policy

Pedro A. Freyre         187

PART II OF II

Table of Contents

PREFACE

Preface

Enrique R. Carrasco         i

CUBA’S FUTURE IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

Cuban Corporate Governance at the Crossroads: Cuban Marxism, Private Economic Collectives, and Free Market Globalism

Larry Catá Backer         337

Trade Liberalization, Food Security, and the Environment: The Neoliberal Threat to Sustainable Rural Development

Carmen G. Gonzalez         419

Globalization and Work: Economy, Remittances, and Joint Ventures in Post-Soviet Cuba

Joseph L. Scarpaci         499

SPEAKER

The Impact of the U.S. Embargo on Health Care in Cuba:
A Clinician’s Perspective

Javier H. Campos, MD         517

GOOD GOVERNANCE:

ASSESSING CUBA’S APPROACH

Cuban Criminal Justice and the Ideal of Good Governance

Erik Luna         529

Cuba and Good Governance

Berta E. Hernández-Truyol         655

SPEAKER

Cuban National Reconciliation: A Model for Healing the Cuban Nation

Pedro A. Freyre         685

CUBA’S FUTURE AND ITS IMPACT ON

U.S. TRADE AND INVESTMENT

The Future of American Business in Cuba: Realities, Risks, and Rewards

Daniel P. Erikson         691

Policy Prescriptions for the Cuban Agriculture of the Future

José Alvarez         719

The Impact of Potential Changes in U.S.-Cuba Relations on Midwest Agribusiness Trade and Investment

James E. Ross         743