{"id":1184,"date":"2021-02-23T00:42:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2021-02-23T00:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:42:55","slug":"the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cuban Economy Today: Cuba Confronts U.S. Blockade, COVID-19, New Economic Challenges &#038; Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1185\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/vancubavsblockade.org\/index.php\/2021\/02\/23\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\/cuban-economy-landing_01\/\" 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data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/saney.jpg\" alt=\"An old pencil drawing of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sitting on their horses, by Wilhelm Marstrand.\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/azza.jpg\" alt=\"An old pencil drawing of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza sitting on their horses, by Wilhelm Marstrand.\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"wp-block-group\"><div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Dr. Isaac Saney<\/strong> &#8211; is a Cuba specialist at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is the author of the acclaimed book Cuba: A Revolution in Motion (Zed, 2004), various scholarly articles on Cuba and is currently finishing Africa\u2019s Children Return! Cuba, Africa and Apartheid&#8217;s End (Lexington Books). He is also the co-chair and National Spokesperson for the Canadian Network on Cuba.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":1,\"permalink\":\"http:\\\/\\\/vancubavsblockade.org\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/02\\\/23\\\/the-cuban-economy-today-cuba-confronts-u-s-blockade-covid-19-new-economic-challenges-policies\\\/\"}' class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Azza Rojbi<\/strong> &#8211; North African social justice and anti-racism activist, author of the book &#8220;U.S. &amp; Saudi War on the People of Yemen&#8221; and coordinator of Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade. As well Azza is a member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1>Speakers<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cuba-un-1.jpg\" alt=\"Juan Miguel Gonz\u00e1lez Pe\u00f1a, First Secretary of the Mission of Cuba to the United Nations. Juan Miguel has a degree in economics from the University of Havana (2093) and a Master in International Economic Relations from the Raul Roa Garcia Higher Institute of International Relations of Cuba (2006).\" class=\"wp-image-4466\" title=\"cuba-un-1\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Juan Miguel Gonz\u00e1lez Pe\u00f1a,<\/strong>&nbsp;First Secretary of the Mission of Cuba to the United Nations. Juan Miguel has a degree in economics from the University of Havana (2003) and a Master in International Economic Relations from the Raul Roa Garcia Higher Institute of International Relations of Cuba (2006).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cuba-un-2.jpg\" alt=\"Alejandro Mart\u00ednez Gonz\u00e1lez, Third Secretary of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. Alejandro has a degree in economics from the University of Havana (2013) and a Masters in International Political Relations from the Higher Institute of International Relations (2016).\" class=\"wp-image-4467\" title=\"cuba-un-2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Alejandro Mart\u00ednez Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, Third Secretary of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. Alejandro has a degree in economics from the University of Havana (2013) and a Masters in International Political Relations from the Higher Institute of International Relations (2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/helen-yaffe.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Helen Yaffe - Professor - the University of Glasgow who had done important research and published on Cuba\u2019s amazing medical advances and internationalism (and is the author of Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution and We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World, Yale University Press).\" class=\"wp-image-4468\" title=\"helen-yaffe\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Dr. Helen Yaffe &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Professor at the University of Glasgow who had done important research and published on Cuba\u2019s amazing medical advances and internationalism and is the author of Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution and We Are Cuba! How a Revolutionary People Have Survived in a Post-Soviet World, (Yale University Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tamara-lee.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Tamara L. Lee, Esq.- Assistant Professor, Labor Studies and Employment Relations Dept. at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. Her academic work supports two separate research streams: critical race theory and intersectionality in industrial relations and worker political participation in Cuban industrial relations.\" class=\"wp-image-4469\" title=\"tamara-lee\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Dr. Tamara L. Lee, Esq.<\/strong>&#8211; Assistant Professor,&nbsp; Labor Studies and Employment Relations Dept. at Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. Her academic work supports two separate research streams: critical race theory and intersectionality in industrial relations and worker political participation in Cuban industrial relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\/viva-cuba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/emily.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Emily Morris - a research fellow at UCL-London's Global University and a Development Economist specializing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her most recent teaching includes Latin American Economics: Beyond Neoliberalism and The Transformation of Cuba.\" class=\"wp-image-4470\" title=\"emily\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Dr. Emily Morris &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0a research fellow at UCL-London&#8217;s Global University and a Development Economist specializing in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her most recent teaching includes Latin American Economics: Beyond Neoliberalism and The Transformation of Cuba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Webinar traducido al espa\u00f1ol<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><strong>Organizing Committee, International Conference for the Normalization of US-Cuba Relations<\/strong><br>>> Saving Lives Campaign US-CUBA &amp; CUBA-CANADA Medical Cooperation<br>>> National Network On Cuba<br>>> Canadian Network on Cuba<br>>> Table de concertation et de solidarit\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec &#8211; Cuba<br>>> New York-New Jersey Cuba S\u00ed Coalition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">For more info visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org\">http:\/\/www.us-cubanormalization.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register here for the webinar Co-Chairs Dr. Isaac Saney &#8211; is a Cuba specialist at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is the author of the acclaimed book Cuba: A Revolution in Motion (Zed, 2004), various scholarly articles on Cuba and is currently finishing Africa\u2019s Children Return! Cuba, Africa and Apartheid&#8217;s End (Lexington Books). He is also the co-chair and National Spokesperson for the Canadian Network on Cuba. Azza Rojbi &#8211; North African social justice and anti-racism activist, author of the book &#8220;U.S. &amp; Saudi War on the People of Yemen&#8221; and coordinator of Friends of Cuba Against the U.S. Blockade. As well Azza is a member of the Editorial Board of the Fire This Time Newspaper Speakers Juan Miguel Gonz\u00e1lez Pe\u00f1a,&nbsp;First Secretary of the Mission of Cuba to the United Nations. Juan Miguel has a degree in economics from the University of Havana (2003) and a Master in International Economic Relations from the Raul Roa Garcia Higher Institute of International Relations of Cuba (2006). Alejandro Mart\u00ednez Gonz\u00e1lez, Third Secretary of the Cuban Mission to the United Nations. 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