Volume 3 Issue 2 & 3

Special issue:
A New Dawn? ALBA and the Future of Caribbean and Latin American Integration

• Editorials
  • This issue 89
    George Lambie
  • The future of ALBA and regional integration: An introduction 95
    Carlos Alzugaray Treto
• Academic Articles
  • Conceptualising the ALBA-TCP: Third generation regionalism and
    political economy 98
    Thomas Muhr
  • Progress into the 21st century: The Bolivarian Alliance for the
    Peoples of Our America 116
    Ken Cole
  • The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas: An alternative development strategy 128
    Helen Yaffe
  • The ALBA alliance and the construction of a new Latin American regionalism 145
    Rosalba Linares
  • Is ALBA a new model of integration? Reflections on the CARICOM experience 157
    Norman Girvan
  • Intra-regional trade and grandnational enterprises in the Bolivarian
    Alliance: Conceptual framework, methodology and preliminary analysis 181
    Maribel Aponte-García
  • Development economics in the ALBA 198
    Emine Tahsin
  • Cuban medical cooperation within ALBA: The case of Venezuela 221
    John M. Kirk
  • ALBA as a NeoBolivarian challenge: Prospects and problems 235
    H. Michael Erisman
• Books Received 260
• List of Contributors 261
• Call for Papers 265
• Guidelines for Contributors 267
• Subscriptions 270

Volume 3 Issue 1

• Editorials
  • Rigour or relevance? 5
    Patrick Pietroni
  • This issue 7
    George Lambie
• Academic Articles
  • Reading music backwards: Alejo Carpentier’s unpublished text ‘Los orígenes de la música y la música primitiva’ 10
    Katia M. Chornik
  • Old Havana as an exemplary case of World Heritage protection 32
    Nigel Toft
  • A synopsis of the dual currency system in Cuba 43
    Peter M. Posada
  • The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Part II: The imperative of endogenous development 51
    Ken Cole
• Science, Society and Health
  • Two weeks of friendly exchange 67
    Fernando R. Funes Monzote
• Book Reviews
  • The Cuban Revolution in the 21st Century, by George Lambie 70
  • Cultura y Letras Cubanas en el Siglo XXI, by Araceli Tinajero (ed.) 73
  • Agricultura con Futuro, La alternativa agroecológica para Cuba, by Fernando R. Funes Monzote 74
  • Transgénicos, Qué se gana? Qué se pierde? Textos para un debate en Cuba, by Fernando R. Funes Monzote and Eduardo F. Freyre Roach 76
• List of Contributors 78
• Call for Papers 79
• Guidelines for Contributors 81
• Subscription Rates 84

Volume 2 Number 3 & 4

• Editorials
  • This edition 193
    George Lambie
  • Cuba’s exceptional road to reform 197
    Stephen Wilkinson
• Academic Articles
  • Cuba’s banking crisis: Macroeconomic antecedents, principal causes, and recent policy responses 201
    Pavel Vidal Alejandro and Mario A. González-Corzo
  • Understanding Guantánamo through its parallel with slavery 217
    William Rowlandson
  • Narratives of internationalism in Angola: Myths, testimonio, fiction 231
    Joey Whitfield
  • The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America Part I: Knowledge is what counts 249
    Ken Cole
  • The Catholic Church in Cuba, 1959–62: The clash of ideologies 264
    Joseph Holbrook
  • The toque de violín: An emerging tradition in Cuba 276
    Ana Koprivica
• Haiti: Views from Cuba
  • The Haitian Revolution: Legacy and actuality 286
    Digna Castañeda Fuertes
  • Six lessons from Haiti: The need for cooperation development 301
    Tania García Lorenzo and Milagros Martínez Reinosa
• Politics and Debate
  • Anything but human rights: US policy towards Cuba under Helms-Burton 315
    Arturo López-Levy and Harlan S. Abrahams
• Report from Cuba
  • The artist in each of us: Community Cultural Centres in the Cuban Revolutionary experience 335
    Susan Metz
• Science, Society and Health
  • Community- and hospital-based teaching in the Medical Curriculum – Examples from Cuba and the UK 343
    John K.F. Wong and Ann Wylie
• Book Reviews
  • Closed for Repairs, by Nancy Alonso 351
  • Crímenes y sus autores intelectuales: Entrevistas a escritores del género policial en América Latina y África lusófona, by Doris Wieser 352
  • Cuba on the Edge: Short Stories from the Island, by Mary G. Berg, Pamela Carmell and Anne Fountain (eds) 353
  • Hitler’s Man in Havana: Heinz Lüning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America, by Thomas D. Schoonover 354
  • On Location in Cuba: Street Filmmaking during Times of Transition, by Ann Marie Stock 355
  • The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison, by Andy Worthington 359
  • Voices from the Other Side: An Oral History of Terrorism against Cuba, by Keith Bolender 361
• List of Contributors 363
• Call for Papers 365
• Guidelines for Contributors 367
• Subscription Rates 370

Volume 2 Number 1 & 2

• Editorials
  • Greetings from the Executive Editor 5
    Patrick Pietroni
  • This edition 7
    George Lambie
  • Hooray for William Hague 10
    Stephen Wilkinson
• News and Views
  • Cuban medical cooperation in Haiti: One of the world’s best-kept secrets 12
    Emily J. Kirk and John M. Kirk
• Politics and Debate / Debates y política
  • To vindicate Cuba / Vindicar a Cuba 21
    Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada
• Academic Articles
  • A new era in Russian-Cuban relations? 39
    Mervyn Bain
  • The Franco regime’s influence on Cuba 1959–75 50
    Haruko Hosoda
  • Deciphering Canada’s Cuba policy since 1959 62
    John M. Kirk and Peter McKenna
  • The hyphen-nation of Cuban-educated Africans: Rethinking the ‘1.5 generation’ paradigm 74
    Paul Rye
  • r Che, Fidel and leadership in Cuba: A psychoanalytical approach 88
    Simon Western and Stephen Wilkinson
• Reports from Cuba:
  Women and the Cuban Revolution
  • Ama de Casa – A hidden form of entrepreneurial success?
    Re-challenging gendered roles 104
    Angelica Wehrli
  • Cuban women in forestry: Progress towards gender equality 117
    Mavis Dora Álvarez Licea
  • The stubbornness of hope: Listening to young female university teachers in Cuba 127
    Kendra Coulter
  • Cuban women: Achievements and challenges for social participation 138
    Elena Díaz González
  • ‘I am the mother and the father’ – Women in construction in Cuba and the UK 147
    Jenny Fortune
  • Paradox island: Conversations on constraints, courage and creativity A personal view of Cuba 157
    Rita Farin
• Book Reviews
  • Atados al Mar and CUBA, cubanas y cubanos, by Clive Frost 169
  • Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution, by Helen Yaffe 170
  • Our Place in the Sun: Canada and Cuba in the Castro Era, by Robert Wright and Lana Wylie (eds) 173
  • Rebel Literacy: Cuba’s National Literacy Campaign and Critical Global Citizenship by Mark Abendroth 174
  • The Cubans of Union City, by Yolana Prieto 178
• List of Contributors 180
• Call for Papers 182
• Guidelines for Contributors 184
• Subscription Rates 187

Issue 3 June 2009

• Editorials
  • A special period? 7
    Patrick Pietroni reflects on the future of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba.
  • Perfidious Albion? 8
    Jean Stubbs reviews some of the historical connections between Cuba and the United Kingdom in our first themed issue.
  • An eclectic collection 10
    George Lambie argues that one of the strengths of the IJCS is its acceptance of variety - which reflects the complexity and inclusiveness of the Cuban revolution itself.
• Classic paper
  • The roots of Cuban nationalism 12
    Alistair Hennessy, writing in 1963, argued that Castro's revolution was uniquely conditioned by Cuban history.
• Historical connections
  • Running from Albion 25
    Jonathan Curry-Machado examines the motives and experiences of migrants to Cuba from the British Isles in the 19th Century.
  • The Cuban crossroads 37
    Jorge Renato Ibarra Guitart relates how the US managed to wrest economic control of Cuba from the UK at the beginning of the 20th century.
  • British economic presence in Havana, 1900-1930 46
    Michael Cobiellas looks at how UK and Canadian capital investments into the Cuban urban economy also contributed to strengthening the prevailing dependent and underdeveloped structure of the economic system.
  • British diplomacy from WWII to Revolution 54
    Chris Hull provides some original insights into Britain's post-war commercial interests in Cuba.
  • Organised labour under Batista 64
    Steve Cushion reflects on how, in the years immediately prior to the Cuban revolution, British diplomacy supported Batista’s attempts to increase productivity and reduce costs through repression of the labour movement.
• Science and society
  • No tenemos viandas! Cultural ideas of scarcity and need 73
    Marisa Wilson explores how Cuban irony in everyday life helps to balance practical self-interest with revolutionary ideals.
  • Nutrition and ageing in Villa Clara 81
    This report on multi-disciplinary research into health and nutrition among the Cuban centenarian population of Villa Clara province raises interesting questions about the factors connected with longevity, including gender and ethnicity. Who are the super survivors? ask Consuelo Prado Martinez, Esmir Camps Calzadilla, Mercedes Gamez Fonseca, Mailin Borroto Castellano and Alberto Fernandez Seco.
  • From sugar to services 91
    Brian Pollitt argues that Cuba's recent economic transformation has not led to greater economic independence, in particular as regards food security.
• Diplomatic relations
  • Constructive engagement 105
    Dianna Melrose, Britain's new ambassador to Cuba, talks to Patrick Pietroni about the challenges and rewards of her diplomatic mission.
  • A helpful attitude emerging 115
    Ambassador René Mujíca Cantelar discusses Cuban-UK diplomatic relations with Patrick Pietroni.
  • Gallery: Sketches from Havana 123
    John Dew, former ambassador to Cuba (2004-2008), provides another perspective on life in Havana.
• Civil society collaboration
  • A common conviction 124
    Brian Roper explains the value of academic collaboration with Cuba, based on a shared understanding of the role of education in society.
  • Cuba Research Forum 127
    Tony Kapcia outlines the history and current activities of the University of Nottingham's Cuba Research Forum and Centre for Research on Cuba while Par Kumaraswami provides details of research on literature and politics.
  • Women's labour links 130
    Carolina Amador and Gilda Chacón speak to Patricia Daniel about the importance of support between women in response to global economic problems.
  • Cuban labour resources 136
    Christine Coates looks at resources for studying Cuban labour history in the TUC Library Collections.
  • Nationalism and international solidarity: the case of Wales 138
    Maia Jones and Selwyn Williams argue from a Marxist perspective that international solidarity between Cuba and Wales is related to a strong sense of national identity on both sides.
• Viewpoint
  • The political culture of terrorism in Cuban Miami 151
    Steve Ludlam examines the connections between exile and terrrorism in Miami.
• Books
  • Metaphor and the imagination 161
    Antoni Kapcia recommends an eloquent and richly illustrated argument on the evolution of US attitudes to Cuba.
  • Martí in the borderlands 163
    Par Kumaraswami recommends a study of Martí's contribition to modernity and La América with an accent.
  • Profile of power 164
    Lukas Port recommends a classic analysis of Castro's options and decisions.
  • Culture and ideology 166
    Helen Yaffe recommends a wide-ranging collection linking culture to Cuban identity.
  • Lessons of complexity 169
    Kathy Riley welcomes a detailed description and analysis of the reactions of the Cuban agricultural system to the changes of the 1990s.
• Books received 170
• List of Contributors 171
• Aims and scope 173
• Guidelines for Contributors 174
• Editorial Board 177

Issue 2 December 2008

• Editorials
  • Whose America? 6
    Jean Stubbs highlights the big questions raised by our authors in this issue: can Cuba rise above the politico-cultural, socio-economic and climatic challenges it faces?
  • Globalisation and Cuba 10
    George Lambie suggests that, in the current financial crisis, the Cuban revolution becomes more than an anachronism in the global capitalist system and instead, a possible catalyst of necessary historical change.
• Classic paper
  • Our America 15
    José Martí , writing in 1891, envisaged the dawn of a new age.
• International Relations
  • José Martí and US expansionism 21
    Rodolfo Sarracino assesses the significance of Martí's thinking about US expansionism in the late 19th century - and its relevance today.
  • ALBA: a process of concientización 31
    Ken Cole argues that the development of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas and the Caribbean is as much a process of political concientización as of economic institutional organization.
  • Washington's relationship with Havana and Caracas 41
    Jessica Vorstermans examines the parallels in US foreign policy vis-à-vis Cuba and Venezuela.
  • Solidarity aid: the Cuba-Timor Leste health programme 53
    Tim Anderson argues that development cooperation partners and health professionals have a lot to learn from Cuba's health programmes.
• Arts, heritage and culture
  • Reading Orwell in Havana 66
    John Pateman carried out his own research in Cuban libraries to see exactly what is available and to whom.
  • The wheel of fortune 76
    Grethell Morell Otero assesses the significance of the photographic image 1970-1984 (to be read only by lovers of the genre)
  • Gallery: Cuban photodocumentalism 82
    From the project "Cubans" , examples of images from the 1970s and early 1980s.
  • Determined women ready to succeed 84
    Alicia Valdés Cantero provides a comprehensive report of women's participation in Cuban musicology and their unique contribution to new methods, as well as new lines, of research.
• Science and society
  • Neural Network Modelling of Reference Purity of Cuban Molasses 96
    Osvaldo Gozá León, Hassan Kazemian, J. Hormaza, Yatali Montero- Sanchez Rojas and R. Santana report on ground-breaking multi-disciplinary research related to improving the profitability of Cuba's sugar industry.
• Books
  • A house is not a home 104
    For Ted A Henken this beautifully written memoir of a ballet dancer's professional development succeeds as a powerful work of autobiography, because it does so through the prism of personal sacrifice.
  • Lights and shadows: new perspectives on Cuban cinema 108
    Dolores Tierney welcomes the special issue of Spanish film journal Archivos de la filmoteca devoted to Cuban cinema. She surveys the essays and evaluates their radical and revisionist approach to Cuban cinematic history.
  • The Anglo-Cuban Treaty of 1905 110
    Steve Cushion recommends a new book examining a little known chapter in Anglo-US relations which started the decline of British commercial interests in Cuba and Latin America.
  • Continuing response to changing circumstances 112
    Geraldine Lievesley reviews a new analysis of the ongoing process of 'Cubanising socialism' and the evolving relationship between the Cuban state and Cuban civil society.
• Books received
  • From Fidel's ethics to Hitler's man in Havana, through photography, literature and philosophical analysis, Cuba continues to capture the imagination. 114
• Readers comments
  • Nationalism and political legitimacy 116
    Hansel Fernandez responds to George Lambie’s editorial.
• List of Contributors 118
• Aims and scope 120
• Guidelines for Contributors 121
• Editorial Board 124

Issue 1 June 2008

• Editorials
  • Why Cuba? Why now? 6
    Patrick Pietroni outlines the vision and scope of our new online journal within the context of current change in Cuba.
  • Intriguing parallels 8
    Jean Stubbs uncovers some unexpected connections between Cuba, the UK, Churchill and Castro as she provides an overview of the content of the first issue and the rationale for choosing our first classic paper.
• Classic paper
  • My early life in Cuba 12
    When Winston Churchill visited Cuba as a young soldier in 1895, he found it "was a place where real things were going on."
• Articles
  • Walking without crutches 20
    Rafael Hernández discusses 50 years of culture, politics and critical thought in Cuba
  • South-south development cooperation 32
    Margaret Blunden examines the strengths and weaknesses of Cuba's contribution to international development through the promotion of preventive holistic medicine in South Africa.
  • Integrating health and human security into foreign policy 42
    Robert Huish and Jerry Spiegel see Cuba's approach of providing assistance to individuals as a practical means of combatting structural violence.
  • US Cuba policy after Bush: succession or transition? 54
    Stephen Wilkinson reviews the possible outcomes of the US presidential elections and the implications for changing relationships with Cuba.
• Science and society
  • Gender, science and technology 2008 66
    Mavis Dora Álvarez highlights Cuban women's contribution in a crossdisciplinary approach to equality and sustainable development.
  • Cuban flora as a source of bioactive compounds 69
    Oriela Pino Pérez and her team report on new experiments with tropical flora and suggest that Cuba has untapped sources for commercial products.
• Student essay
  • Combating smoking in Cuba 76
    Risbahb Singh argues that, while tobacco is one of Cuba's biggest exports, stringently enforced policies are needed to discourage its use at home.
• Policy and practice in higher education
  • Pyramids of knowledge creation 92
    Luís Montero Cabrera proposes key lessons for other emerging countries wishing to integrate scientific research into national plans for social and human development.
  • Open access and sustainable social development 102
    Jorgé Nuñez and Aurora Fernández, with colleagues from the Ministry of Education, describe Cuba's universalisation process and their vision for the future.
• Viewpoint
  • Peak oil and its impact on health care 114
    Stuart Jeffery compares public health systems in Cuba and the UK and the influence of different ideological models for the future.
• Films
  • A long journey towards the light 122
    We reprint Julio Espinosa García's eloquent essay about the development of post-revolutionary film industry in Cuba and the meaning of cinema itself.
  • Contemporary Cuban cinema 128
    Ann Cross recommends we go on our own personal journey to experience the rich cultural experience of Cuban film.
  • Good health! 131
    Graham Kirkwood looks at a film which suggests health care is a right, not a commodity.
  • Cuba's accidental revolution 132
    Mike Carter recommends a recent film on sustainable agriculture in Cuba which raises some useful questions and offers possible solutions for students of international development.
• Books
  • Family ties in Cuban slave society 134
    Camillia Cowling looks at a microhistory of slaves in Cuba and how it sheds light on a little studied world.
  • A man for four seasons 136
    John Kirk applauds the portrayal of the disillusioned detective in the latest translation from Leonardo Padura's crime series, which chronicles the early part of Cuba's Special Period.
  • Reinventing the revolution? 138
    George Lambie recommends a new multi-disciplinary collection of essays but questions the assumption that Cuba's future lies in accommodation with globalisation and the new world order.
• Readers comments
  • Richard Levins comments on Cuba’s accidental revolution 140
• List of Contributors 142
• Aims and scope 144
• Guidelines for Contributors 145
• Editorial Board 148