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Cuban Studies Date a publication of the Center for Cuban Studies date a publication o f the Center for Cuban Studies CUBAUpdate Winte r-Spring 1985 Vol. VI , Nos. 1-2 $2.50 IN THIS ISSUE CUBA/U.S. 3 L[TTER FR0\-1 I\11AMI (V1anitzas) 5 CUBA/INTER"'ATIONAL 11 NEW HOUSING LAW 12 I:CONOMIC NCWS 14 F ~1C RI:PORT (Wald) 16 HEALTH NEWS 19 CULTURAL NEWS 23 OBITUARII:S 29 LIBRARY REPORT (Nickel} 31 CE"Jli:R "-E\VS AND NOTI:S 33 a publication of the Center for Cuban Studies ~UBAUpdate Fall1 986 Vol. VIl, Nos. 3-4 $2.50 IN THIS ISSUE CUBA'S PRISONS/Evenson THERE'LL BE CHANGES/ Franklin 1 COCKBURN ON VALLADARES 4 CUBA/U.S. 5 HAY ANA BOOK FAIR 8 CAPIT ALIS!\10, NO!/Meurs 16 CUBA/INTERNATJONAL 18 CUBA/NA TJONAL 21 MEDICAL NEWS 23 ECONOMY 24 SPORT S BOOK REVIEW 26- LETTER FROM MIAMI/Manitzas 32 a publication of the Center for Cuban Studies CUBAUpdate Spring 1987 Vol. VIII, Nos. 1-2 $2.50 IN THJS JSSUE U.S. ATTACK ON CUBA IN GENEVA REPELLED LETTER FROM MIAMI / Manitzas 1 UPDATE ON FREEDOM FJGHTERS 3 BUDGET CUTS ANNOUNCED / Franklin 4 WHISTLE-BLOWER 7 CUBA / U.S. 8 CUBA / INTERNATIONAL 10 MEDICAL NEWS 13 HA VANA FOR THE EYES / Ashton 14 THE 2ND HAVANA BJENNIAL / Fusco 17 HA VANA FILM FESTIVAL REPORT / Fusco 19 CUBA NATIONAL NEWSBRIEF SPORTS ~­ w~ ..p .¡~+­ /?wc ~6 a publication of the Center for Cuban Studies ~/J ~.%· Summer 1987 Vol. VIII, Nos. 3-4 $2.50 IN THIS ISSUE CORRUPTION AT THE TOP CIA WAR AGAINST CUBA CUBAN MILITARY OFFICER DEFECTS 5 MINSAP REPORTS ON AIDS 7 5TH U JC CONGRESS 9 J UDGING THE CUBAN REVOLUTION/ LANDAU 11 LETTER FROM MIAMI/MANITZAS 19 CUBA-U.S. 20 BOOK REVIEWS 23 CUBA INTERNATIONAL 27 ECONOMY 27 SPORTS 28 c;:uBA/ CULTURAL 29 a oublication of the Center for Cuban Studies CUBAUpdate Winter 1987 Vol. VIII, Nos. 5-6 $2.50 IN THIS ISSUE CUBAN IMMIGRATION ACCORD/MANITZAS 1 CUBA/U.S. 2 CUBA/NATIONAL 5 WORKER'S BOOKTIME/MERVYN JONES 8 CULTURAL NEWS 11 SPORTS 15 CUBA/ INTERNATIONAL 18 MACHU-PICCHU/CHE GUEV ARA 20 NEWS BRIEF 22 ECONOMY 23 ~- ... Table of Contents CUBA UPDATE, VoL x; No. 4-5, Fal/1989 U.S.-Cuba . ... ... .. ....... ....... lff Editors: Sandra Levinson and Jane Franklin. Research and writing: Letter from Miami (Manitzas) . .. ........... 4 Caro! Evans, Renee Pendergrass, Gail Reed, the editors. Book Review Editor: Nita Manitzas. Desktop publishing and design: Dateline Havana: The Drug Scandal . 7ff Jerome Nickel, Sandra Levinson, Laurel Marx, Michael YeUin. Dis­ Honor Court . 32 tribution: Irving Kessler. Television photoo by Sandra Levinson from Tria! Testimony . 39 broadcasts in Havana and from a documentary film by J05é Massip. Council of State/Fidel Castro . M CUBA Update--ISSN 0196-0830-is a publication orthe Center for Cuba/Cultural: Nicolás Guillén ( 1902-1989) ..... .. 93 Cuban Studies, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. 10011. In­ Books on Cuba cluded in Center membership ($35 ayear; $45 institution) or by sub­ Review of Case No. 1/1989- Nelson Valdés ......95 scription ($25 individual; $35 institution) Co1·er: Osear Carbal/o, "Fide~ "Iinoleum print ( 1977) ~ ~ ... Contents U.S.-Cuba .. ..................... lff Treasury Relaxes/Krinsky .. .... .......... 1 Trcasury Moves/Krinsky ...... ...... ... 2 Television Manr ..... ...... .. ...... .. 3 Letter from Miami/Manitzas ..............6 Cuba/International ...................9ff Beyond the Signing/Reed ........... ..9 A Victory for Carlotta/Reed . 11 Cuba Update, Vol IX, No. 6/VoL X 1, Winter 1989 Chronology/Franklin .................. 14 Editors: Jane Franklin and Sandra Levinson. Research and writ­ Cuba/National ..... .......... ....... 17ff ing: Adele Oltman, Gail Reed, the editors. Desktop publishing: ExpoCuba/30th ........ ............ 17 Jerome Nickel and Michael Yellin. Distribution: Irving Kessler. 1-Iealth Watch/Gilpin ..................22 Special thanks to Marta Rojas, Granma. Cuba/News and Notes ..................23 CUBA UPDATE - JSSN 0196-0830- is a publication of the Cuba/Cultural ......................25ff Center for Cuban Studies, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. Film Festival/Levinson . .. ............... 25 10011. Included in Center membersbip ($35 ayear; $45 institution) Poetry by Bob Ocean . 31 or by subscription ($15 individual; $25 institution). From Our Readers ....... ............32 errata: Fa111988 Cuba Update was Vol. IX, Nos. 4-5 Contents U.S.-Cuba •..•••••••.......•....•........ liT Cuba Neilher Poland Nor Nicaragua, Kirby Jones . Inside Cover U. S. Fires on Cuban Ship, Jane Franklin ..... ........ 1 Letter from Miami, Nita Manitzas ................. 2 DateUne Havana • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • . • . • • . 41T Panama: View from Cuba, Gail Reed . 4 Intemationalists Buried, Gail Reed . 6 Castro on Challenge to Socialism, Jane Franklin ......... 7 CUBA Update, Vol. XI, Nos. 1-2, April 1990 Focus on: Embargo • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • . 91T Gabriel Garcfa Márquez: Cubans and the Blockade . 9 Editors: Sandra Levinson, Jane Franklin, Adele Oltman. Assistant Wayne Smith: U.S. Trade Embargo Against Cuba . 13 Editor: Karen Graubart. Research and writing: Gail Reed, the Before Embargo: Early Developments . 15 editors. Book Review Editor: N ita Manitzas. Desktop publishing and David Golove: History of U. S. Regulatory Policy . 16 design: Jerome Nickel, Sandra Levinson, Michael Yellin. Distn'bu­ Laurien Alexandre: Why Can't 1 Go to Cuba? ......... 24 tion: Irving Kessler. Specialthanks to: Marta Rojas. Andrew Zimbalist: Impact of U. S. Blockade . 25 Michael Krinsky: lfYou Have Ever Tried Calling Havana ... 27 Jean Stubbs: When the Fizz Goes Out ofthe Soda Pop . 28 Interview with Foreign Trade Minister by Cuba Business . 29 Gareth Jenkins: Japan Cashes In on U. S. Embargo ...... 31 CUBA Update-ISSN 0196-0830- is a publication ofthe Center Donna Rich: U. S. and Cuba: Trading Partners? ........ 33 for Cuban Sfl.J.dies, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011, and is Jane Franklin: Recent Developments .............. 37 sent as part ofCenter membership ($35 ayear) or by subscription Books on Cuba ($25 individual; $35 instiMion). Subject to Solution, Review by Philip Brenner . 42 Cuba/Cultural • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • 43fT Havana Film Festival 1ñe Cuban Cannes, Pat Aufderheide . 43 Hollywood Hits in Havana, Sandra Levinson . 45 Conversation with Pedro Pérez Sarduy . 4 7 Cover: José Franco, serigraph, 1989 1 ~ ... Contents U.S.-Cuba lfl' 1VMartf(Reed) 1 Washington Watch 3 Legal Briefs 5 Letter from Miami 7 CUBA Update, Vol. XI, No. 3, Summer 1990 Other Voices 8 Editors: Sandra Levinson and Jane Franklin (on leave).AssistanJ Cuba/lntemational 9fT Editor. Karen Graubart. Research and writing: The editors, Carol Cuba-Soviet Trade Agreement 9 Citrin, Gail Reed, Michael Yellin. Book Review Editor. Nita Namibia/Mandela 11 Manitzas. Desktop publishing and des1"gn: Jerome Nickel, Sandra Fidel Castro in Brazil 12 Levinson. Distribution: Irving Kessler. Special thanks to: Pedro The Davidoff Smokescreen (Roberto GarcCa) 13 Pérez Sarduy, Marta Rojas Datelioe Havana 15fT TheEconomy 15 Fidel Castro/FMC Congress 17 Health Watch 23 Books oo Cuba 25fT CUBA Update-ISSN 0196-0830- is a publication of tbe Cen­ Carlos Moore, Castro, The Blacks andAfrica, ter for Cuban Studies, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, N.Y. Reviewed by Cheryl Harris 25 10011, and is sent as part of Center membership ($35 ayear) or ~ Herberto Padilla, SelfPortrait ofthe Other, subscription ($25 individual; $35 institution). Reviewed by Saul Landau 27 Cuba/Culture 29fT Carlos Vareta (Rfos) 29 Film 31 An Open Letter to Carlos Moore (Sarduy) 34 Cover: Drawing by José Fuster, 1989. Contents Dateline Havana Fourth Party Congress 1 Gail Reed . 19 Christianity in Cuba 1J ualynne Dodson . 33 U.S.-Cuba . 2tT Washington Watch . 3 Letter from Miami 1 N ita Manitzas . 5 Legal Briefs . 9 Other Vo ices lltT CUBA Update, Vof. XI, No. 4, Faff 1990 Focus on: Editors: Sandra Levinson and Jane Franklin (on leave).Assistant Fidel Castro, Wordsmith 1Gabriel Garcia Marquez 12 Editors: Karen Graubart, Adele Oltman. Research and writing: the Planning for Havana 's Future . 22 editors, Gail Reed, Nita Manitzas. Book Review Editor. Nita Manitzas. Desktop publishing and design: J erome Nickel, Sandra Cuba/lnternational . 36fT Levinson, Michael Yellin. Distribution: Irving Kessler. Special thanks to: Laurel Marx. Cuba/Cultural . 37tT Film!Cubans Win NY Competition . 37 Hollly Near in Cuba . 39 Art News . ... .. ............. ...... 41 Books on Cuba . 43fT Walker Evans: Havana 1933 CUBA Update-/SSN 0196-0830- is a published by the Center Reviewed by Lee Lockwood . 43 for Cuban Studies, 124 West 23rd Street, New York, NY 10011, Against All Hope/Armando Valladares and is sent as part of Ceo ter membership ($35 ayear) or by separa te Reviewed by Debra Evenson . 44 subscription ($25 individual, $35 institution). Memories of Underdevelopment/Inconsolable Memories/GutiurrezAlea, Edmundo Desnoes Reviewed by Paul Lenti .. .. ..... .... 47 Films on Cuba Two Points of Views on PBS Films Reviews by Debra Evenson and Hal Boedeker . 48 Cover: Painting by Alicia Leal, 1987. ~- ... Contents Cuba International 31ft' Cuba, tbe UN & the Persian Gulf Crisis 31 Editorial Moscow/Havana: New Trade Accords 33 Cuba: Hanging On 1 Saul Landau 1 China Tightens Relations J U He 33 U.S.-Cuba 2fT Other Voices 35 Letter from Miami 1Nita Manitzas 3 In Havana ... 1Ned Sublette The Armageddon Letters 1James Blight, et al 5 Cuha/Cultural 37ft' Missile Crisis Correspondence 6 Uterature 37 Missile Crisis: Cards on the Table? 8 Film Festival 1990/Sandra Levinson 45 Legal Briefs 9 phls Movie reviews Washington Watch 10 Art 53 Dateline Havana Carlos Raphael Rodrfguez Interview 11 CUBA Update, Vol. Xl/, Nos. 1-2, Winter/Spring 1991 Hoeing the Line 1Gail Reed 15 Daydreams 1Gail Reed 16 Editors: Sandra Levinson, Jane Franklin (on leave).Associate National Assembly Sessions 17 Editor. Ethan Young. Contributing Editors: Gail Reed (Havana Party vs. Bureaucracy 18 correspondent), Alejandro Ríos (culture). Book Review Editor. N ita Police Sweep 1Gail Reed 18 Manitzas. Research and writing: The editors and staff. Desktop Democracy: Learning by Doing 1Esther Mosak 19 publishing and design: Jerome Nickel, Sandra Levinson. "The Last Word" 1Esther Mosak 21 Distribution: Irving Kessler.
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