Author Archives: Philip Peters
Where Capitalists and Socialists May Agree: Future Issues in Cuban Economic Policy
Remarks at at a conference of the Georgetown University Caribbean Project: “Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Cuban Economy in the Next Decade
There is a lot of talk about “transition” in Cuba as if it is a process that will [Read More...]
We Can Further Ties With Cuba Without Sacrificing Our Concern For Human Rights”
Article Published in the Bridge News (Washington, DC)
The following article was distributed nationally by the Bridge News syndicate in New York. It appeared with the headline above on May 2, 2000 in the Montgomery Advertiser in Montgomery, Alabama.
Will [Read More...]
Potential for Progress in U.S.-Cuba Relations
Remarks of Philip Peters, Vice President of the Lexington Institute, at the Annual Congress of the Latin America Studies Association Miami, Florida
Relations between Cuba and America take place on two levels, shaped by two basic facts.
First is the [Read More...]
Postman Still Rings
Letter to the Editor Published in The New York Times
To the Editor:
Re “Snail Mail: It’s Alive! And It’s Mutating!” (Week in Review, Nov. 14): The testimony by the General Accounting Office you report cites the Postal Service’s forecasts [Read More...]
Ryan is Right on Cuba
Article Published in The Chicago Tribune
Illinois leaders are of two minds about Cuba.
Gov. George Ryan, looking to the future, is going to Havana to deliver food and medical aid and explore trade opportunities.
Rep. Dennis Hastert uses his [Read More...]
What If America Engaged With Cuba?
Summary
The logic and practical impact of U.S. policy toward Cuba are the focus of growing debate. As Americans consider ways to increase contact with Cuba and weigh the effects of different types of engagement, this paper examines the modest [Read More...]
Ending Embargo of Food, Medicine to Cuba Would Help Many
Article Published in Macomb Daily, Fort Clemens, Michigan
(This article was distributed nationally by the Scripps Howard News Service on May 24, 1999.)
If American farmers were permitted to export to Cuba, they would gain access to a market that [Read More...]
Hard Currency Payments to Workers Boost Buying Power for Many Cubans
“Transition” is a loaded word in Cuba because of its political overtones. Officials, the party, and even Havana billboards assert that “there will be no transition government” in Cuba.
The economy, however, is another matter.
Just as Cuba has developed [Read More...]
Ends, Means, and Influence: American Policy Toward Cuba
Remarks at the World Policy Institute Forum on U.S. Policy Toward Cuba; The New School for Social Research, New York
[These remarks refer to a Cuba policy task force organized by the Council on Foreign Relations. The task force report [Read More...]
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