The Cuban economy could sing—with a stronger score (Richard E. Feinberg, Brookings)

We don’t need gifts from the Empire,” growled Fidel Castro, in a calculated rebuff to Barack Obama following his historic March visit to Havana. But the ailing Castro only underscored the widening gap between an aging, out-of-touch Communist Party and the Cuban people who had embraced the U.S. president with open arms.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2016/10/13/the-cuban-economy-could-sing-with-a-stronger-score/

Obama a Cuba, un primo passo (Marco Calamai, AffarInternazionali)

L'ultimo, prima di lui, era stato il presidente Calvin Coolidge. Ma 88 anni dopo, Barack Obama torna a Cuba, in una visita che può essere definita, senza dubbio, un evento storico soprattutto per l’evidente volontà del presidente Usa di consolidare la svolta nei rapporti con il regime castrista avviata con il reciproco riconoscimento diplomatico nel dicembre 2014.

http://www.affarinternazionali.it/articolo.asp?ID=3382

Make Believe About Education in Cuba (Elliott Abrams, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2016/03/24/make-believe-about-education-in-cuba/

US-Cuba rapprochement and the future (Ian Bancroft, Al Jazeera)

In the Chinese neighbourhood of Havana, a contemporary art exhibition reflects upon the comparative benefits of the Chinese system. The message is clear - socialist politics and society; capitalist economy. In a system where political dissent and scrutiny of the revolution are strictly curtailed, this permitted narrative tells much about the Cuban elite's preferred future orientation.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/cuba-rapprochement-future-160321074938199.html

Cuba and the US: The end of an era? (Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera)

As Obama prepares to visit, questions remain over whether the embargo will be lifted and the future of Guantanamo Bay.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/03/cuba-era-160315132621309.html

US-Cuba thaw yet to reach Guantanamo (Rigoberto Diaz, Arab News)

Jorge Frometa sometimes wakes up to a sound most Cubans never hear: The US national anthem, which plays out every morning at the nearby Guantanamo naval base, far removed from the blossoming US-Cuban reconciliation.

http://www.arabnews.com/columns/news/896781

Obama in Cuba (Jorge G. Castañeda, Project-Syndicate)

Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Cuba is undoubtedly an historic moment, as it will mark the first time in 88 years that a sitting American president has set foot on the island. But superlatives are far less useful than a pragmatic look at the practical implications – for both the United States and Cuba – of Obama’s legacy-enhancing move.

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/obama-in-cuba-engagement-policy-by-jorge-g--casta-eda-2016-03

Obama to Cuba: A gamble to end the embargo (Ted Piccone, Brookings)

Today we learned that after shifting to a new policy of engagement with one of our closest neighbors, President Obama plans to visit Cuba next month. This is a big step, to be sure, and gives the president an opportunity to show his support for the Cuban people directly to them. President Obama and President Castro met at the Summit of the Americas in Panama last April, but a bilateral visit like this will have much deeper impact, at least symbolically.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2016/02/18-obama-visit-to-cuba-piccone

The final Cuban exodus? (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

Even as capitalism descends on the island, Cubans are rushing to the US.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/02/final-cuban-exodus-capitalism-miami-160216074354253.html

(Global) Why North Korea Can’t Be the Next Cuba (The Diplomat)

http://thediplomat.com/2015/09/why-north-korea-cant-be-the-next-cuba/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Deceptive Euphoria: US Changes Policy Toward Cuba (Nil Nikandrov, Strategic Culture Foundation)

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/07/26/deceptive-euphoria-us-changes-policy-toward-cuba.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) Cuba-Usa, che cosa pensano i dissidenti della riapertura delle ambasciate (Rossana Miranda, Formiche)

http://www.formiche.net/2015/07/21/cuba-usa-ambasciate-dissidenti/

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) A new era of relations between Washington and Havana (Peter Kornbluh, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/era-relations-washington-havana-united-states-cuba-150720073126252.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Global) The US in Cuba: a history of organised crime (Belen Fernandez, Al Jazeera)

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2015/07/cuba-history-organised-crime-united-states-neoliberalism-150719090821297.html

(Istituto fondamentale - Cuba) The Cuban Renaissance: The Good, the Bad, and the Necessary (Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/oneil/2015/06/22/the-cuban-renaissance-the-good-the-bad-and-the-necessary/