Podcasts about cuban reforms

On Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay, James Early who has visited Cuba more than thirty times says what's needed is more citizen participation and less centralization but Cuba is not headed towards the Chinese capitalist model. This is an episode of Reality Asserts Itself, produced November 18, 2013.

Experts give an an overview of US-Cuba relations and recent reforms (both in Cuba and in the US), and comment on the likely implications of these reforms for shaping this bi-national relationship. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24442]

Experts give an an overview of US-Cuba relations and recent reforms (both in Cuba and in the US), and comment on the likely implications of these reforms for shaping this bi-national relationship. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24442]

U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), has worked for decades to establish academic and economic ties between the U.S. and Cuba. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24441]

In the spring of 2011, the party leadership in Cuba adopted a sweeping set of economic reforms proposed by Raúl Castro ranging from licensing private economic activity and encouraging foreign investment to cutting unemployment benefits and reducing 500,000 to 1 million state employees. Earlier in the year, the Obama Administration loosened travel restrictions to Cuba and announced new regulations that allow Americans to transfer up to $2,000 a year to any Cuban who is not part of the government or its leadership. This panel explores the status of economic reforms in Cuba and the implications of these reforms for Cuba, the US, and Cuban American relations. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24443]

At the spring 2011 Party Congress Raúl Castro, in addition to proposing economic reforms, addressed important political issues regarding the role of the Communist Party. The following year, in January 2012, a Party National Conference, the first in CCP history, was convened to discuss social and ideological issues including racial discrimination and the role of the media. This panel examines the political and social implications of economic reforms, as well as other topics on the public agenda (travel restrictions, freedom of expression, migration), and the impact of these developments for Cuba, the US and Cuban American relations. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24444]

This roundtable explores the potential for business, educational, and cultural exchanges between Cuba and California involving tourism, music, the arts, trade and manufacturing. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24445]

Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Professor, Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies at University of Havana comments on the impacts of the Cuban reforms and the impact on the bi-national realtionship. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24446]

U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA), has worked for decades to establish academic and economic ties between the U.S. and Cuba. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24441]

In the spring of 2011, the party leadership in Cuba adopted a sweeping set of economic reforms proposed by Raúl Castro ranging from licensing private economic activity and encouraging foreign investment to cutting unemployment benefits and reducing 500,000 to 1 million state employees. Earlier in the year, the Obama Administration loosened travel restrictions to Cuba and announced new regulations that allow Americans to transfer up to $2,000 a year to any Cuban who is not part of the government or its leadership. This panel explores the status of economic reforms in Cuba and the implications of these reforms for Cuba, the US, and Cuban American relations. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24443]

At the spring 2011 Party Congress Raúl Castro, in addition to proposing economic reforms, addressed important political issues regarding the role of the Communist Party. The following year, in January 2012, a Party National Conference, the first in CCP history, was convened to discuss social and ideological issues including racial discrimination and the role of the media. This panel examines the political and social implications of economic reforms, as well as other topics on the public agenda (travel restrictions, freedom of expression, migration), and the impact of these developments for Cuba, the US and Cuban American relations. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24444]

This roundtable explores the potential for business, educational, and cultural exchanges between Cuba and California involving tourism, music, the arts, trade and manufacturing. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24445]

Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Professor, Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies at University of Havana comments on the impacts of the Cuban reforms and the impact on the bi-national realtionship. Series: "Cuba and California: Prospects for Change and Opportunity" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 24446]