CUBAN TRANSITIONS

The recent eruption of women’s health issues on the U.S. political agenda has sparked controversy, to say the least. The latest point of contention manifested during a February 16 hearing on birth control held by House Republicans. The first five panelists to testify were men. “Where are the women?” asked Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader […]

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Under Cuban criminal law it is illegal for Cubans to leave their country or to assist others to leave without government permission and violators are subject to a prison term of one to ten years (Sweig, 2009). However, in defiance of the law, more than 63,000 Cuban citizens have left between 1959 and 1994 thus […]

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