7 p., The 2008-09 balance of payments crisis and a succession of errors in economic policies have resulted in new monetary and financial complications in the Cuban economy, to be added to the costs and distortions of currency duality.
5 p., During most of the last half century, discussions aimed at normalizing relations with Cuba have been rare and mainly unproductive. Due to Obama's optimism for political change toward Cuba during his presidential campaign, there was considerable hope that policy would be altered in a more constructive direction, but after a year, it is argued that "change" in Latin America policy has been more in reverse than in fast-forward. Tables.
Quirke,Ellen (Author), Potter,Robert B. (Author), and Conway,Dennis (Author)
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Internet resource
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Reading, England: Geography, the University of Reading
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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37 p., Whilst research on second-generation return migration to the Caribbean from the UK has identified transnational practices among a cohort of individuals, there is considerable scope for further research examining transnational practices, inter-generational transfers and intention to return among the 1.5-, second- and third-generation Black Caribbean community in situ in the UK.
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Contains the full text of 1,310 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Contains the full text of plays, written from the 1850s to the present, by playwright
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The Institute for Ibero-American Studies aims to observe and scientifically analyze political, economic, and social development processes in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. Academically and legally independent research establishment connected with the German Overseas Institute (Deutsches Übersee-Institut, DÜI), which is funded by the German federal government and the city-state of Hamburg. Links to online newspapers and magazines in Latin America (annotations in German), to institutes researching Latin America, and to other resources; projects descriptions, newsletter, and several papers online.
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Part of Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies responsible for the organization of lectures, performances, courses, symposia, etc.; aimed at promoting an academic and cultural exchange between Cuba and the US.
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The Canadian Foundation for the Americas (FOCAL) is an independent, non-partisan think-tank dedicated to strengthening Canadian relations with Latin America and the Caribbean through policy dialogue and analysis. It seeks to create new partnerships and policy options throughout the Western Hemisphere through its promotion of good governance, economic prosperity and social justice.
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Inter-governmental organization, composed of 25 countries from Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Iberian Peninsula, exchanging experiences and knowledge on state reform and the modernization of public administration in the search for higher levels of social development and equity; news, databases, and information on publications, meetings, projects, agreements, and more; English and Spanish.