Recent Changes in U.S.-Cuba Relations

Cuban Americans will likely be one of the key social actors in the reconstruction of the Cuban economy ater the restoration of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. They are already sending large sums of money, purchasing goods, transferring technology, and consuming services in the private sector of the Cuban economy. The role of Cuban-American remittances could be even more significant in the near future as sources of funding for independent business growth on the Island. However, in order to maximize the potential contribution of Cuban Americans to the Cuban economy, substantial changes in the laws and regulations established by both the Cuban and U.S. governments are necessary

Reading Cuba: Literary Discourse and Transcultural Geography

This new bilingual volume compiles critical essays by 21 scholars specializing in Cuban culture, who invite readers to rethink and update their notions of the Cuban nation. Reading Cuba brings together diverse approaches to Cuba\u27s literary and cultural production inside and outside the island, including theater, documentary film, and the Internet.The contributors examine processes and phenomena that are traditionally studied separately, isolated in the margins of various humanistic disciplines. The volume is based on a selection of papers presented at a 2016 interdisciplinary conference cosponsored by FlU Cuban Research Institute and Department of Modern Languages. Reading Cuba features prominent literary and cultural critics such as Ekana Rivero, Rafael Rojas, Laura Alonso Gallo, Belen Rodriguez Moureilo Santiago Juan-Navarro, Maida Watson, Raul Rubio, and Vitalina Alfonso, as well as younger scholars.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cri_events/1394/thumbnail.jp

Viajes, remesas y trabajo por cuenta propia: Relaciones económicas entre los cubanos emigrados y su país de origen

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States in July 2015 generated great expectations about new economic opportunities and challenges for residents of both countries, including Cuban-born citizens in the United States, particularly in South Florida. Long before that, Cuban émigrés sent billions of dollars, as well as huge quantities of goods, to relatives and friends on the island. Hundreds of thousands visit Cuba each year and, once there, consume dollarized goods and services, especially in the non-state sector of the Cuban economy. Today, Cubans living abroad represent one of the key players in the Cuban economy and contribute substantially to the material well-being and daily survival of thousands of households on the island. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)El restablecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y Estados Unidos en julio de 2015 generó grandes expectativas acerca de las nuevas oportunidades y desafíos económicos para los residentes de ambos países, entre ellos los ciudadanos de origen cubano en Estados Unidos, particularmente en el sur de la Florida. Desde mucho antes, los cubanos emigrados enviaban miles de millones de dólares, así como enormes cantidades de mercancías, a sus parientes y amistades en la isla. Cientos de miles visitan a Cuba cada año y, una vez allí, consumen bienes y servicios dolarizados, especialmente en el sector no estatal de la economía cubana. Hoy en día, los cubanos residentes en el exterior representan uno de los actores claves de la economía cubana y aportan sustancialmente al bienestar material y sobrevivencia cotidiana de miles de hogares en la isla

Enviar o no enviar migradólares: migración y remesas en Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y México

Puerto Ricans in the United States send less money to their relatives in their country of origin than most other Hispanics. The paradox of the relatively low level of remittances to Puerto Rico, despite a high outmigration rate, warrants further investigation. This essay compares remittance patterns among Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans in the United States. In particular, it assesses the impact of transfer payments from the U.S. government on Puerto Rican remittances. A plausible explanation for the low level of private transfers of Puerto Ricans is that public disbursements, especially for nutritional assistance, housing subsidies, and educational grants, play the safety net role in Puerto Rico that remittances do elsewhere. Furthermore, most Puerto Ricans have unemployment and disability insurance, and many have earned benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, and veterans’ pensions. Finally, because of Puerto Rico’s relatively high standard of living, many migrants do not feel as obliged to send money to their relatives as Mexicans or Dominicans. The broader implications for the transnational ties between Puerto Ricans on and off the Island are examined and compared with the other two groups

Viajes, remesas y trabajo por cuenta propia: Relaciones económicas entre los cubanos emigrados y su país de origen

The reestablishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States in July 2015 generated great expectations about new economic opportunities and challenges for residents of both countries, including Cuban-born citizens in the United States, particularly in South Florida. Long before that, Cuban émigrés sent billions of dollars, as well as huge quantities of goods, to relatives and friends on the island. Hundreds of thousands visit Cuba each year and, once there, consume dollarized goods and services, especially in the non-state sector of the Cuban economy. Today, Cubans living abroad represent one of the key players in the Cuban economy and contribute substantially to the material well-being and daily survival of thousands of households on the island. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)El restablecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas entre Cuba y Estados Unidos en julio de 2015 generó grandes expectativas acerca de las nuevas oportunidades y desafíos económicos para los residentes de ambos países, entre ellos los ciudadanos de origen cubano en Estados Unidos, particularmente en el sur de la Florida. Desde mucho antes, los cubanos emigrados enviaban miles de millones de dólares, así como enormes cantidades de mercancías, a sus parientes y amistades en la isla. Cientos de miles visitan a Cuba cada año y, una vez allí, consumen bienes y servicios dolarizados, especialmente en el sector no estatal de la economía cubana. Hoy en día, los cubanos residentes en el exterior representan uno de los actores claves de la economía cubana y aportan sustancialmente al bienestar material y sobrevivencia cotidiana de miles de hogares en la isla

Enviar o no enviar migradólares: migración y remesas en Puerto Rico, República Dominicana y México

Puerto Ricans in the United States send less money to their relatives in their country of origin than most other Hispanics. The paradox of the relatively low level of remittances to Puerto Rico, despite a high outmigration rate, warrants further investigation. This essay compares remittance patterns among Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans in the United States. In particular, it assesses the impact of transfer payments from the U.S. government on Puerto Rican remittances. A plausible explanation for the low level of private transfers of Puerto Ricans is that public disbursements, especially for nutritional assistance, housing subsidies, and educational grants, play the safety net role in Puerto Rico that remittances do elsewhere. Furthermore, most Puerto Ricans have unemployment and disability insurance, and many have earned benefits such as Social Security, Medicare, and veterans’ pensions. Finally, because of Puerto Rico’s relatively high standard of living, many migrants do not feel as obliged to send money to their relatives as Mexicans or Dominicans. The broader implications for the transnational ties between Puerto Ricans on and off the Island are examined and compared with the other two groups

Convertir el paisaje en una patria. Pintores paisajistas en Cuba, 1850–1920

Landscape painting became an artistic expression of a budding national identity in Cuba during the second half of the nineteenth century. A “Cuban style” of painting emerged as the island experienced three major wars of independence from Spain (1868–98), as well as the maturation of the sugar plantation economy and the abolition of slavery in 1886. The Romantic representation of the local physical environment as an allegory of Cubanness became a leading genre in the island’s painting. Emblematic features of the Cuban countryside, such as the royal palm tree, the peasant hut, and the small independent farmer, became entrenched in landscape paintings between 1850 and 1920.La pintura paisajista se convirtió en una expresión artística de una identidad nacional en ciernes en Cuba durante la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Un “estilo cubano” de pintura surgió cuando la isla experimentó tres grandes guerras de independencia contra España (1868–98), así como la maduración de la economía de plantaciones azucareras y la abolición de la esclavitud en 1886. La representación romántica del entorno físico local como alegoría de la cubanidad devino un género clave de la pintura insular. Las características emblemáticas del campo cubano, como la palma real, la choza campesina y el pequeño agricultor independiente, se arraigaron en la pintura paisajista entre 1850 y 1920

Recent Changes in U.S.-Cuba Relations: Implications for the Cuban-American Community

Cuban Americans will likely be one of the key social actors in the reconstruction of the Cuban economy after the restoration of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. They are already sending large sums of money, purchasing goods, transferring technology, and consuming services in the private sector of the Cuban economy. The role of Cuban-American remittances could be even more significant in the near future as sources of funding for independent business growth on the Island. However, in order to maximize the potential contribution of Cuban Americans to the Cuban economy, substantial changes in the laws and regulations established by both the Cuban and U.S. governments are necessary

Life Around the Hyphen: Inherited Legacies and Their Impact on How We Teach, Write and Talk about Exile/Immigrant Experiences

The Exile Studies Program In Collaboration with: The Betsy-South Beach Hotel The Department of English The College of Arts, Sciences & Education Panel Discussionhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/cri_events/1327/thumbnail.jp