Relations between Cuba and the United States center around a fundamental contradiction: their respective national projects are incompatible. As the two countries coexist in close proximity, this contradictory core has shaped, shapes, and probably will continue to shape the dynamics of their interaction, with broad ramification for the Great Caribbean Basin, the Western Hemisphere and beyond.
A key component of this complex relationship is US policy towards the island. Decisions made by Washington and actions by powerful interests in the US and their surrogates and allies abroad, constitute a driving force that, when in interaction with Cuba´s quest for independence and social change, have led to hostility and a hugely asymmetrical open conflict.
This event examines the history of US policy towards the island, exploring its development and conditioning factors since the Cuban Revolution of 1959, with particular emphasis on some of its most important turning points and features. It pays particular attention to the post-Cold War period and how relations have evolved in the past decades up to and beyond 5 November 2024. Using the lenses of history and politics, Professors Domínguez López and Barrera Rodríguez will also examine the likely prospects for US-Cuban relations in the future.
About our speakers:
Ernesto Domínguez López is a full professor of history and politics at the Centre of Hemispheric and United States Studies at the University of Havana, Cuba. He has published widely on the history and politics of US-Cuban relations and has held visiting positions in the United States and Europe. He is currently Tinker Visiting Professor at Stanford University.
Seida Barrera Rodríguez is a full professor of juridical sciences at the Centre of Hemispheric and United States Studies at the University of Havana, Cuba. She has published widely on the history of US trade, business and sanctions in relation to Cuba. Professor Barrerra has also advised local governments, cooperatives, micro and small enterprises on contracts, taxes, social responsibility, penal law, administrative law, domestic control law, intellectual property, housing and labour law.
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