1945

Cuba

Cuba

dic 1988
Chapter
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

After the severe recession of the previous year, the Cuban economy rallied by 2% in 1988, but the levels of the social and per capita product continued to be lower than those of the 1985-1986 period. The shortage of freely convertible foreign currency became still more severe, mainly as a result of the contraction in the flow of credits, and this made it necessary to enter into arrears in external debt servicing. This situation was compounded by the growing problems arising in the trade with socialist countries, largely because of the economic restructuring undertaken in some of the latter. Furthermore, the deficit in the State finances nearly doubled.

Cuba

ene 2015
Chapter
United Nations

Official estimates are published by the Oficina Nacional de Estadisticas, Habana in "Anuario Estadistico de Cuba".

Human rights in Cuba and the international system

oct 2013
Chapter
Ana Covarrubias
To talk about the state of human rights in any country is always difficult, even in countries where there are no massive violations. Socio-economic and ethnic differences or the war on terror, for example, pose specific problems in relation to respect for human rights. The Cuban case has its own interesting peculiarities. First, one of the alleged successes of the 1959 Revolution was the improvement in the status of certain human rights: education, health and racial equality. Secondly, the lack of civil and political liberties is justified by the regime on the basis of an external threat to the Revolution, to the regime itself. According to this argument, as long as the regime is threatened by the United States, political opening is not possible because those who defend political and civil liberties are allies of the external enemy. The denial of political and civil liberties therefore becomes a national security requirement.
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