Category Archive: Social Change

J-Term 2017 Cuba Practica Participants

J-Term 2017 Cuba Practica Participants

Some of the bios of Cuba Participants – J-Term 2017! Cody Minnich I was born and raised in Colorado and attended undergrad in Portland, OR where I majored in TESOL. After teaching English to refugees in Portland, I was inspired

 

Raul Capote, history professor/double agent

Raul Capote, history professor/double agent

By Michael Sprague Our first day in Havana we went to the headquarters of ICAP ‐ Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos, or the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, where we would have some meetings. The first … Continue reading

 

Fancy straws and the Cuban command economy

Fancy straws and the Cuban command economy

By Joy Mulhollan Neon orange, green, yellow, hot pink. Not the colors of fruity cereal or a fever dream, but what Communism looks like. Coming back from Cuba, after making sure I didn’t get thrown in jail or contract some … Continue reading

 

Croquetas, Ropa Vieja, and Tostones: Reflections on a journey through Cuban culture, history, and food

Croquetas, Ropa Vieja, and Tostones: Reflections on a journey through Cuban culture, history, and food

By Sarah Sterling While I was on my way back from Cuba to D.C., I had a three-hour layover in Miami with nothing to read and lots of time to kill. I decided to peruse a bookstore, as expensive as … Continue reading

 

The Ant and the Elephant: A Love Story

The Ant and the Elephant: A Love Story

“The relationship between Cuba and the United States is like a love affair between the ant and the elephant. Even if they love each other very much, if the elephant rolls over in the middle of the night, the ant … Continue reading

 

Apple Pie and Pineapple Sorbet: U.S. and Cuban Nationalism

Apple Pie and Pineapple Sorbet: U.S. and Cuban Nationalism

View the entire blog by MIIS student Josh Fleming at: http://sites.miis.edu/gsipm/2014/09/29/apple-pie-and-pineapple-sorbet-u-s-and-cuban-nationalism/  

 

Course Description

Course Description

Cuba has always found itself, or placed itself, in the most unusual circumstances. It was among the last of the Western Hemisphere countries to win independence (or at least nominal independence) from the Spanish. It was in part because such … Continue reading

 

Visons in Spanish

Visons in Spanish

This link will take you to a blog written by one of our fellow classmates, Erich Pacheco,  about his thoughts on Cuba, in Spanish. Las Palabras no son suficientes para describir a Cuba Photos of a street carnival by Erich … Continue reading

 

New Money

New Money

by Kyrstin Thorson 5.8.13 In 2009, the Obama Administration eased restrictions on sending remittances to Cuba. Obama removed the limit on the amount that could be sent by people in the U.S. to family in Cuba (within 3 degrees of … Continue reading

 

Private Sector Growth in the Cuban Economy

Private Sector Growth in the Cuban Economy

by: Natalie Cox 4.25.13 Since 2008, the Cuban government has slowly implemented a number of economic reforms that are stirring up activity in a previously dormant private sector. In small numbers, Cubans are now starting their own small businesses, buying … Continue reading

 
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