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Jul 21, 2015

Slavin: Obama Marks Diplomatic Milestones with Iran, Cuba

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Voice of America on the United States restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba and coming to a nuclear deal with Iran:

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In the News

Jul 21, 2015

Marczak on Cuba

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak joins BBC News to discuss renewed relations with Cuba:

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In the News

Jul 21, 2015

Fox News Latino Features Cuba’s Economic Reintegration

By Atlantic Council

Fox News Latino quotes former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez from an Atlantic Council event on Cuban currency unification and reintegration into international financial institutions:

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In the News

Jul 17, 2015

Marczak on Cuba and International Financial Institutions

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak joins Voice of America’s Spanish-language Foro Interamericano to discuss the potential for Cuba to join international financial institutions now that diplomatic relations with the United States have been restored:

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New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

United States, Cuba Reopen Embassies After Fifty-Four Years. Here’s Why it Matters

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts discuss historic opportunity presented by reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana The United States and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals July 20 taking the biggest step toward ending half a century of animosity between the two countries. US Secretary of State John F. Kerry hosted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno […]

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In the News

Jul 16, 2015

Miami Herald Features AC Report on Cuba’s Economic Reintegration

By Atlantic Council

The Miami Herald features the Atlantic Council report, Cuba’s Economic Reintegration, in a discussion of the steps necessary to achieve Cuba’s potential reintegration with the world economy:

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Event Recap

Jul 16, 2015

Cuba’s Economic Reintegration: Is the Time Now?

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Since the breakdown of US-Cuban relations in the early 1960s, Cuba has experienced a self- and externally-imposed isolation from US-led global financial markets. While the socialist Cuban economy was able to sustain itself on foreign assistance from the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the economic hardships of the post-Soviet period have necessitated dramatic reforms […]

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In the News

Jul 15, 2015

NBC Features AC Report Launch

By Atlantic Council

NBC News quotes former US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez from an Atlantic Council report launch on the need to support Cuban small businesses:

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Press Release

Jul 14, 2015

Atlantic Council Report Calls for Cuba’s Economic Reintegration

By Atlantic Council

Days before the opening of the US Embassy in Havana, the Atlantic Council’s Latin America Center launched a new report today that provides a ten point roadmap for Cuba’s reintegration into the global economy.  Key to the success of this effort will be to push for a reengagement between Cuba and the international financial institutions […]

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Webcasts

Jul 14, 2015

Cuba’s Economic Reintegration: Is the Time Now?

Please join us on July 14, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. for the launch of a report written by Cuban economist Pavel Vidal and former IMF Mission Chief for Albania Scott Brown on Cuba’s reintegration into international financial institutions.

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