Politics and Civil Society in Cuba

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 33 eign consumers to choose, if possible, to impor ...

34 Chapter 2 prospects for 2010 are not very different (Vidal, 2009; 2010; Pérez, 2009; 2010). The rate of unemployment in 2008 ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 35 The economy has been facing a serious crisis of ...

36 Chapter 2 abroad—to cope with this crisis (Vidal, 2009; 2010; Pérez et al., 2009; Pérez, 2010). Democracy through Consensus? ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 37 ority to patriotism, internationalism, equality ...

38 Chapter 2 with formal power but not with resources; delegates feel that they have no power to solve the problems expressed by ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 39 ton, G. W. Bush, and Obama for recognizing the ...

40 Chapter 2 with Brazil and the countries of MERCOSUR, its strong relations with China, Russia, and several Arab and African co ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 41 fruct but not in property (the “land and resour ...

42 Chapter 2 social benefits such as workers’ lunches, closing down noneconomic projects launched during the Battle of Ideas; br ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 43 Features of the New Economic Model In the econo ...

44 Chapter 2 The development of new formulae (cooperatives, self-management), especially in agriculture and services to make vi ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 45 value-added tax)—in order to achieve significan ...

46 Chapter 2 The free import and sale of motor vehicles, subject to taxes and fulfilment of envi- ronmental regulations. To ove ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 47 adopting a fiscal policy based on studies of th ...

48 Chapter 2 tribute to the crystallization of the features of the economic model. The challenge consists in developing a certai ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 49 Many of the problems confronted today have been ...

50 Chapter 2 ent political and economic program and are characterized by impreci- sion: calls for “national reconciliation,” the ...

The Cuban Revolution Today: Proposals of Changes, Scenarios, and Alternatives 51 tional and juridical regulations. This will rai ...

52 Chapter 2 increase in relative autonomy. Party functions and state ones will be very clearly separated-harmonizing the unity ...