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International Institute for the Study of Cuba
http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/cuba/
The International Institute for the Study of Cuba is an initiative by a team of UK located academics, specialists and consultants with the object of providing an in-depth and focused appraisal of the Cuban 'Social Experience' as it approaches and undergoes another period of major change. This includes discussion of the post Fidel Castro era. It was launched in 2007. The website offers free access to news about its publications, events and ongoing research about Cuban politics, economics and society. It includes selected online articles and papers from staff as well as links to information about the International Journal of Cuban Studies.
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Cuba after Castro : legacies, challenges, and impediments
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2004/RAND_MG111.pdf
Prepared for the U.S. National Defense Research Institute by researchers Edward Gonzalez and Kevin McCarthy, this report (154 pages) from the RAND Corporation examines five potential problem areas; including an ageing population, a growing racial divide, a stunted economy and an alienated younger generation. There are some controversial contentions - such as the one that the military may be the institution to take control of the country after Castro. Broken down into 8 chapters, topics covered include the pressing need for industrial restructuring in Cuba and the changing demographics of the country.
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Cuba : CIA : the World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/CU.html
Taken from the CIA World Factbook, this page provides a social, political, demographic and economic overview of Cuba. The guide is divided into several key sections: introduction; geography; people; government; economy; communications; transportation; military; and transnational Issues. The information is updated regularly, and also includes a map and the national flag.
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Cuba : Intute World Guide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/862.html
A country guide for Cuba, which forms part of the Intute World Guide. The information provided includes: general factual information, demographics, spatial and geographic data, satellite images, and links to a range of country-specific Internet sites.
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Generation Y: Cuba
http://desdecuba.com/generationy/
This award-winning blog (winner of the 2009 Maria Moors Cabot prize for journalism covering the Americas.) is maintained by Yoani Sanchez. Generation Y refers to people born in Cuba during the 1970s/1980s. It presents a mixture of personal comment, plus more incise insight into daily life in Cuba. Topics explored include censorship, the Communist government of Fidel Castro, recent social, economic and political changes in Cuba. Most materials are offered in Spanish and English. Postings are available from 2007 onwards.
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Cuba : Economic Data : Intute World Guide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/862_economic.html
This page provides economic data for Cuba, and forms part of the Intute World Guide. The information provided includes: an overview of the economy, details of the labour force (industries, sectors and numbers), GDP data (per capita, overall, real growth, and composition), currency, industries and land use. The page also contains a link to a tool which allows the comparison of this economic data with that of other countries/regions.
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Cuba : Demographic Data : Intute World Guide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/862_people.html
This page provides demographic data for Cuba, and forms part of the Intute World Guide. The information provided includes: population statistics, main urban areas, ethnicity and languages, population age, gender ratios, birth and death rates, life expectancy, fertility and infant mortality rates.
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Cuba : Geography and Maps : Intute World Guide
http://www.intute.ac.uk/worldguide/html/862_map.html
This page provides maps at a variety of scales and geographic data for Cuba, and forms part of the Intute World Guide. The information provided includes: an outline map, a detailed topographic map, and a range of physical data, such as elevation extremes, terrain and physical features, hazards, and land use. The page also includes a world map centred on the region.
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Cuba maps : Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cuba.html
The Cuba Maps section of the University of Texas at Austin's online map library provides access to maps of the country. The maps were produced by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and other US sources. The collection is extensive and includes political, city, thematic, shaded relief and reference maps of the country as well as links to other sites with maps of Cuba. The older editions are of interest to researchers, and are not available anywhere else online. Most of the maps are in JPG format but some are in PDF format.
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Cuba: Associated Press news
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/fronts/CASTRO?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME
Free access to the latest headlines, photographs, video and multimedia clips and news stories about the politics of Cuba from American news service Associated Press. These cover US foreign policy towards Cuba. They also include coverage of the life, impact and political career of former leader Fidel Castro a from a US perspective. Emphasis is upon current news stories. Copyright information is displayed on the website.
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Cuba sanctions: United States Treasury
http://treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/programs/cuba/cuba.shtml
This site is maintained by the United States Treasury. It provides free access to official information about economic sanctions applied by the American government against other nations. It includes details on current and some historical sanctions. These section contains materials relating to Fidel castro and Cuba. Individual entries contain updates on current US diplomatic and economic policy towards the region, government press releases, regulation , license and policy documents. They include materials relating to travel and export restrictions. Materials are in PDF format.
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Cuba: Brookings Institution resources
http://www.brookings.edu/topics/cuba.aspx?emc=lm&m=212751&l=42&v=15395
This site is maintained by the Brookings Institution. it provides free access to their research and analysis of the politics and economics of Cuba. Users may read and download articles, briefings and event transcripts and videos from approximately 2000 onwards. Topics covered include; US foreign policy towards Cuba, the government of Fidel Castro and Cuban politics in the post Castro era. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website.
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Cuba after Castro: FT special report
http://www.ft.com/indepth/cuba
This site was created by the Financial Times to provides free access to materials relating to Cuban politics and its impact on the world economy. It contains coverage of the legacy of former leader Fidel Castro. The latter includes photographs, analysis and discussion of his policies. Also covered are issues relating to relations between the USA and Cuba from a British economic perspective.
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Cuba: Council on Foreign Relations resources
http://www.cfr.org/region/213/cuba.html
This site is maintained by the Council on Foreign Relations think tank. It provides free acess to articles, comments, event transcripts and full text reports covering Cuba. These encompass a range of topics including US foreign policy towards Cuba, US sanctions towards Cuba, analysis of the government of Fidel Castro and discussion of Post-castro politics and policy. All materials present an American perspective. Materials are generally from 2007 onwards.
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Centre for Research on Cuba, University of Nottingham
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hispanic/research/centre_research_cuba.php
The Centre for Research on Cuba, University of Nottingham is an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Nottingham. Its website contains information on its aims and ongoing work. It also includes details about the Hennessy Library Collection as well as the Cuba Research Forum which aims to create as a focal point for British research on Cuban studies. The Hennessy Collection section provides free access to its searchable database which indexes over 3,000 books, and journal articles (mainly published since 2000) on all aspects of Cuban politics, society and culture. (including many Spanish language resources). Typical areas include Cuban politics in the Fidel Castro and post-Castro era; the Cuban economy and foreign relations with the USA.The Cuban Research Forum section offers a directory of Internet links and a directory of researchers on Cuba.
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Cuba: Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/cuba/cuba.html
This site provides free access to news stories and analysis of the economy and politics of Cuba from the Washington Post. It includes photographs, timelines and classic video film clips of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The latter include coverage of the Cuban revolution of 1959 and the Cuban Missile crisis. Also accessible are the latest headlines from the newspaper, analysis of the post-Castro situation and relations with the US from an American perspective.
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Change in Cuba forum
http://www.ssrc.org/changeincuba/
The Change in Cuba forum was an intitiative of the Social Science Research Council. following the resignation of Fidel Castro as president of Cuba in 2008, it invited a number of scholars to submit essays and discuss the political, social, economic and cultural situation in Cuba in the post Castro era and its implications for relations with the rest of the world. The full text of the essays and coment can be read in full on the website.
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Chairman smiles [posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba and China]
http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/
'The Chairman Smiles' is a selection of 145 political posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba and China (79 examples) drawn from the collection of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam. Famous masterpieces are displayed next to unknown examples of the official propaganda of the communist regimes. The collection can be accessed through lists by country. The artistic influences and style of each era is also analysed (for example, socialist realism, constructivism and abstract expressionism). Additional information is provided on designers; collecting and collectors; and the conservation of posters. The website is available in English and Russian.
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History of Cuba
http://www.historyofcuba.com/
The website, History of Cuba, is authored by an enthusiast of Cuban history. The site offers a chronological tour of Cuban history, divided into five main sections - early history, the struggle for independence, before the revolution, after the revolution, and the 1980s onwards. The contents are narrative, with the occasional link to primary sources and links. In addition to the overall history of Cuba, there are also timeline biographies for key individuals, such as Antonio Maceo, José Martà and Fulgencio Batista, and for key events such as the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Also featured on the site are photographs from the Cuban Revolution, book extracts and a list of useful web resources. This would be a useful resource for anyone looking for an overview of Cuban history, rather than an in depth historical website.
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Cuba research forum
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/hispanic/intranet/local/CRF/Cuba/index.htm
The website of the Cuba Research Forum, hosted by the University of Nottingham's Department of Hispanic and Latin American Studies, offers information about the Forum itself as well as a wealth of resources that will be of value to researchers interested in Cuba. These include an international directory of researchers involved in Cuban Studies, which can be searched or browsed by discipline; access to the bibliographic index of the Hennessy Collection, an archive of newspapers, journals, books, speeches, videos, conference papers and more from the 1960s onwards; and an impressive set of links to other related online resources. Users can also find out about the current work of the Cuba Research Forum through this site, and keep up-to-date with forthcoming Forum-related events.
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Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations; February 23, 1903
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/cuba/cuba002.htm
This document is part of the transcription of significant documents in American history by the Avalon Project of the Yale Law School. This is the full text of a lease agreement between the governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, subject to terms to be agreed at a later date. "For the time required" Cuba agrees to lease land for coaling and naval stations to the USA within specified areas: Guantanamo, Bahia Honda, and the peninsula of Cerro del Morillo and Punta del Carenero. The US also has rights to use and occupy the adjacent waters, maintaining free passage for Cuban vessels, and including the rights to improve access. Cuban sovereignty is to be retained, but the United States has jurisdiction over these areas, and has the right to acquire land and property within these areas. The document was signed by President T Estrada Palma of Cuba and President Theodore Roosevelt of the United States in Habana on 16th February 1903.
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CIP Cuba Project
http://www.ciponline.org/cuba/
This is a project of the Center for International Policy. It aims to raise public awareness about US relations with Cuba and bring about a more conciliatory foreign policy. The website provides information on the aims of the project, its activities and publications. It includes a history of the US trade embargo Helms-Burton Act and access to a collection of its full-text reports and papers from 1993 to date. These include critiques of United States foreign policy towards Fidel Castro and Cuba, assessments of the terrorist threat posed by Cuba and accounts of international relations and diplomacy. A directory of links to other sites about Cuba is also provided.
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Truth About Cuba Committee, Inc. Records
http://merrick.library.miami.edu/cubanHeritage/chc0193/
The Truth About Cuba Committee was a non-profit organization established by Cuban exiles in Miami in 1961 for the purpose of disseminating information about communist Cuba and its role in promoting communism throughout Latin America. The digital collection provides free access to over over 390,000 pages of testimony, pamphlets, photographs, clippings, correspondence, and visual and audio recordings from 1961 to 1975, when the organization disbanded. They are made available on the Internet via the University of Miami website. Key topics covered include: discussion of Fidel Castro, US policy towards Cuba and Communist rule. Users should note that some materials are offered in Spanish only.
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Constitutions of the Republic of Cuba
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Cuba/cuba.html
Online collection of constitutional documents for Cuba made freely available on the Political Database of the Americas hosted by Georgetown University in the United States. Full text documents are provided in Spanish in HTML and include a copy of the 1940 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution, the 1976 Constitution with 1992 reforms and the Constitutional amendments of 2002. The Political Database of the Americas can be viewed in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
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Cuba and the Helms-Burton Act (1998)
http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp98/rp98-114.pdf
This site contains the full-text of House of Commons Research paper 98/114 by Mick Hillyard and Vaughne Miller which was published in December 1998. The Helms Burton Act is a piece of US legislation which proposes an embargo on foreign companies who trade with Cuba and a ban on using any property which formerly belonged to US citizens but has been confiscated by the Castro regime since 1959. The paper provides an overview of the economic and political situation in Cuba since 1959, including United States and Cuba trade relations. It then examines the provisions of the act, its consequences and international responses to it from the United Kingdom, the United Nations and the European Union. Users should note that this item is only offered in PDF format and therefore requires access to an Adobe Acrobat Reader for use.
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