Cuba Links:
Economy
The CIA World
Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cu.html
Central Intelligence
Agency website contains statistics on the geography, people and economy
of Cuba as well as useful reference information.
Trade with Cuba
(US Dept. of Agriculture)
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/cuba/cuba.html
The Department’s
Foreign Agricultural Service site contains information about exports to
Cuba, in addition to the general agricultural and commodity information
about Cuba.
Lexington Institute
http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/cuba/
The Lexington Institute
is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization. Its website
provides research and analysis of Cuba's economy, U.S.-Cuba relations, and
American policy toward Cuba.
Association for
the Study of the Cuban Economy
http://www1.lanic.utexas.edu/project/asce/index.html
The association’s
goal is to “study the elements and processes involved in the expected transition
of Cuba to a free-market economy and a democratic society.”
World Policy Institute
– Cuba Project
http://worldpolicy.org/projects/uscuba/index.html
The Cuba project
studies the domestic and international repercussions of the unilateral U.S.
embargo on Cuba. Contains interesting information on 2002’s National Summit
on Cuba.
U.S. – Cuba Trade
and Economic Council, Inc.
The purpose of the
Council is to “provide an efficient and sustainable educational structure”
for US businesses to access information on issues of interest with Cuba.
Cuba Chamber of
Commerce
http://www.camaracuba.cu/
(Spanish)
http://www.camaracuba.cu/default_ENG.asp
(English)
The Cuba Chamber
of Commerce promotes and develops commerce in and out of the country. Its
site contains information on how foreigners can do business with Cuba.
Draft of a Law
on Foreign Investment
http://www.geo.unipr.it/%7Edavide/cuba/economy/LAW95/index.html
Barbados Chamber
of Commerce and Industry News
http://bdscham.com/show_release.cfm?link=release16.htm
This site contains
the draft agreement on Trade and Economic Co-Operation Agreement between
the Caribbean Community and The Government of the Republic of Cuba.
Ministry of Finance
and Prices (Spanish only)
The Ministry of Finance
provides information on its members, delegations, international relations,
fairs and exhibitions.
Central Bank of
Cuba
http://www.bc.gov.cu/English/home.asp
Education
University
of Havana (Universidad de la Habana)
The University of
Havana is the largest and oldest university in Cuba. The University is quite
prestigious, enrolls students from all over the world, and enjoys a high
academic reputation internationally.
Education in Cuba
http://www.cuba-junky.com/cuba/cuba-education.htm
Structure of the
Cuban school system, from Kindergarten to University.
Cuban Research
Institute (Florida International University)
http://lacc.fiu.edu/centers_institutes/?body=centers_cri&rightbody=centers_cri
The Cuban Research
Institute is located in the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC) of
FIU. The site has a host of research and academic programs on Cuban and
Cuban-American issues, including articles from the Cuban Studies journal,
conference information, and various polls.
Cuba Transition
Project (University of Miami)
http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu/main.htm
Law and Government
Cuban Government
The web site of the
government of the Republic of Cuba. The site is rather slow to load, but
contains a wealth of information about the government and foreign affairs
and is available in English and Spanish.
Official Website
of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Spanish only)
http://www.cubagob.cu/otras_info/minfar/
This is the organization
in charge of directing, executing and controlling the application of government
defense policy.
Ministry of Public
Health (Spanish only)
Site provides information
about the national health system, which undertakes full fiscal and administrative
responsibility for the health care needs of all its citizens, providing
free preventive, curative, and rehabilitation services.
Pathfinder on
the Helms-Burton Act
http://www.law.arizona.edu/library/Pathfinders/jbalette/pathfinder.htm
Very informative
site about the US trade embargo against Cuba, particularly the strengthening
of the embargo by the Helms-Burton Act; lists relevant treaties, links,
and legislative history regarding the Act.
Government and
Politics of Cuba
http://www.cubapolidata.com/gpc/gpc.html
Resource for news
about the government and politics of Cuba, including current events and
links to various laws.
Cubasource
http://www.cubasource.org/index_e.asp
This information
clearinghouse is produced by the Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL)
in order to “stimulate and facilitate constructive and informed research
and discussion of Cuban issues within Canada and internationally.
Cuban
Law
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/world/cuba.htm
Description of Cuban
law with primary and secondary sources in English and Spanish.
Links database
for Government websites
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/cu.html
Current Events
Granma Internacional
The multilingual
online edition of the weekly Cuban newspaper.
Cuba
News
http://www.cubanet.org/cubanews.html
A comprehensive website
with current and archived stories from Cuban and international news outlets.
Havana Journal
The journal gathers
business, culture, politics and travel information pertaining to Cuba.
Guardian Unlimited
– Special Report: Cuba
http://www.guardian.co.uk/cuba/0,11983,711289,00.html
This UK paper bills
itself as “Best daily newspaper on the world wide web.” The Special Report
on Cuba has an interactive guide to the Cuban revolution, and news of current
events.
Cubarte
http://www.cubarte.cult.cu/eng/index.php
This portal to Cuban
culture provides information on Cuban media, current events, music, shopping,
museums, etc.
Cubaweb
Comprehensive guide
on news relating to culture and tourism. Also provides links for making
travel arrangements to Cuba.
Cubamania!
http://www.cubamania.com/cgi-bin/cubaforums/YaBB.pl
Their motto says
it all: “We’ve got Cuba covered.” The site provides an active forum for
discussing travel and culture, in addition to a wealth of news, information,
and links.
Latin American
Network Information Center
http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/cuba/
A definitive collection of links that facilitates access to internet-based information about Cuba. Includes several different categories, ranging from media, travel, government, news, etc.
Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
– Cuba
http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=americas&c=cuba
Human Rights Watch
researches human rights abuses all over the world and publishes detailed
reports on the findings. The Cuba page is also available in Spanish at
http://www.hrw.org/spanish/cuba.html
Net For Cuba International
This site features
many interesting articles on democracy, human rights and free market. The
goal of Net for Cuba is to bring substantial socio-political and economical
changes in the country.
Cuba
Facts
Commentary on Cuba’s
land and people, and seeks to portray “the human dimension of the Cuban
reality.” This page offers current information, and links to news sites.
Rule of Law and
Cuba
http://www.ruleoflawandcuba.fsu.edu/index.cfm
Florida State University’s
website offers an objective examination of the Rule of Law in Cuba. Chronicles
information about recently incarcerated “prisoners of conscience.”
Derechos Humanos
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/cuba/
This site provides
information, together with the organization Equipo Nizkor, on the respect
and promotion of human rights throughout the world.