DOCSLIB.ORG

November 03 Newsletter

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
November 03 Newsletter Cuba Trade & Investment News A service of NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS, Tampa, FL, USA, a marketing management firm connecting business to new markets. Vol. VII, No. 9 September 2005 Embargo Updatet Economyt STARWOOD CLAIMS CUBAN LAND ... GOVERNMENT ENDS CRUISE DREAMS Just days after the U.S. Department of Justice announced In a decree published Aug. 3 in the Gaceta Oficial, the the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission reopened a Cuban government revoked the concession of an Italian- program to file claims against the Cuban government for Cuban joint venture that had administered Cuba’s cruise ship confiscated properties, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide and ferry terminals since 1998. Inc. registered a claim for 400 acres of land in and around The termination of the contract for Cubanco S.A. and Silares Havana that originally belonged to phone company ITT. Terminales Caribe N.V., signed by Vice President Carlos Lage, Starwood’s claim left U.S. observers puzzled because it is came 10 weeks after Fidel Castro said in a speech that “Cuba generally believed that Cuba seized all U.S.-owned properties will not receive cruise lines.” in 1960. Also, the hotel giant’s long-term interest in “These floating hotels, restaurants, theaters and participating in Cuba’s entertainment centers … only leave behind garbage, empty tourism industry might be cans and trash paper, for some miserable centavos,” Castro complicated by the said in May. claim. Cuba had been courting European cruise lines for a decade. White Plains, N.Y.- But the efforts have proven to be an uphill struggle, with mixed based Starwood, formed results (see analysis, page 3). in 1980, took over ITT Corp. A Cubanco official said Aug. 13 that Silares was continuing and its Sheraton subsidiary in regular day-to-day February 1998; Starwood at that operations. It isn’t time sold most telecom and clear whether and how technology assets of ITT. the dissolution of Hotel chain In July 1997 — a few Cubanco will affect rediscovers old telecom assets months before the takeover existing cruise and by Starwood — Italian- ferry operations. Dutch telecom STET paid ITT an estimated $25 million for The latest cruise line Cruising into the sunset the use of ITT’s claimed land in Cuba. That agreement expires to pick Cuba as a home in 2007. port is Spain’s Pullmantur Cruises, which stationed its Holiday Starwood’s late filing, first reported in the Miami Daily Dream in the Port of Havana last winter. The company, which Business Review, is based on the assumption that the Cuban signed a three-year contract in December 2004, is currently government legally left the properties in the hands of Starwood advertising Cuba cruises for the coming winter season. Continued on page 2 ITALIAN CRUISE EXEC BEGS TO DIFFER ...while enjoying best of both worlds In an e-mail to Cuba Trade & Investment News, the The Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers, majority- president of Cubanco S.A. said the legal grounds of the owned and managed by Starwood’s ITT Sheraton termination decree were not valid. subsidiary, includes a Casa del Habano cigar store as a In an Aug. 2 decree, the Cuban Council of Ministers tenant on its premises. Just after Starwood bought ITT said the Cubanco joint venture was dissolved; the and its Sheraton subsidiary in 1998, the company sought operation of the terminals therefore reverted to the state. – and received — permission from the U.S. Treasury Cubanco President Alfonso Lavarello counters that the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to company should exist at least through Aug. 6, 2022, the continue leasing space at the hotel to Casa del Habano. deadline for the concession the Cuban state agreed to in The cigar retail chain is owned and operated by Habanos the contract of 1998. S.A., a joint venture between the Cuban state and Spanish- He didn’t respond to questions as to what steps he was French tobacco company Altadis S.A. planning to take. M o r e E m b a r g o N e w s M o r e o n C u b a’ s E c o n o m y POWER CRUNCH EASING CASTRO MAY VISIT BIG APPLE The tense electricity situation in Cuba improved during Fidel Castro might be visiting New York in September August, after one broken generator at the Felton power plant for a United Nations conference. This would be Castro’s in eastern Cuba went back on the grid. In contrast to out-of- first trip to the United States since September 2000, when control blackouts of more than 10 hours per day during the he took part in the UN Millenium Summit. first half of July, the situation is now marked by planned, UN General Secretary Kofi Annan called for the Sept. rolling blackouts. 14-16 summit to reinvigorate efforts to fight poverty and The blackouts coincided with a heat wave — this was the terrorism, topics dear to Castro. More than 170 heads of hottest July in Cuba since 1951. state are expected to attend. In a speech in July, Fidel Castro asked Cubans for “a little In 2000, Castro stayed at the Cuban UN mission in more patience,” and said there were programs for $682 million midtown Manhattan; the U.S. secret service at the time to update Cuba’s aging electricty infrastructure. allowed Cuban agents to bring their own firearms. If Castro decides to attend the September meeting, it probably won’t be announced until shortly before the event. Cuba buys small diesel generators Although the United States in 1947 agreed not to block MAN B&W Diesel Group, a subsidiary of Germany’s any foreign head of state from visiting the United Nations MAN AG, sold 21 generators to Cuba for $26.7 million, headquarters in New York, a spokesman said the State Danish daily Nordjyske Stiftstidende reports. The two- Department may “take a hard look” at new Iranian stroke generators will be used in six new power stations President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. U.S. officials accuse in Cuba, as part of a new backup system. The order him of involvement in a 1979 hostage taking. represents 20 percent of MAN B&W’s Danish subsidiary’s annual production. The first generators will be delivered Starwood, from page 1 early next year. until 2003. Spain’s El País reported in June that Cuba is buying Starwood puts the value of the land, including a large tract diesel generators worth $100 million from Spain’s near José Martí International Airport, at $63 million. Guascor S.A. and for another $100 million from a German According to the Miami Herald, the land was owned by Radio unit of DaimlerChrysler AG. Corporación Cubana, a subsidiary of ITT, and used for international telephone service until 1992. It’s unclear how Starwood could have retained ownership of the properties until 2003. Company spokespeople didn’t return calls from Cuba Trade & Investment News. Starwood’s claim so far has been the only one filed under the new program. The deadline for filings is Feb. 13, 2006. The first Cuban Claims Program was completed in 1972, with 5,911 claims filed for a total of $1.8 billion, plus 6 percent interest per year since confiscation. Some $1.6 billion of the recognized claims pertain to Five MAN B&W generators at work corporations that have received more than $3 billion in tax in a Honduras power plant breaks for their Cuban losses. More embargo news on page 5 More economy news on page 6 Cuba Trade & Investment News is a monthly publication of North American Partners (NAP), Tampa, FL, USA. CTIN is distributed to subscribers via mail and e-mail. Publisher Andrew Goddard P.O. Box 13752 Tampa, FL 33681-3752 USA Tel: 813 839 6988 Fax: 813 831 3811 E-mail: [email protected] www.cubatradenews.com Editor Johannes Werner E-mail: [email protected] SUBSCRIPTIONS Call 813 839 6988. One year $300. In Canada and Mexico, add $15 postage. COPYRIGHT NOTICE No part of this publication may be copied, photographed or duplicated without NAP’s consent. 2 Perspective Analysis: Cruise tourism on Cuba Why Cuba calls it quits Cuba has the biggest growth defunct European cruise line got long- By Kirby Jones potential for cruise tourism in the term contracts that seemed to tie up Caribbean — and it seems it will stay Cuba’s cruise berths for decades, the Right under our noses that way for a while. mood wasn’t too good in Miami. Back to school, baseball playoffs, Cuba cut an important link with the While Cuba may stand to lose only football begins, Congress comes cruise industry in early August by “miserable centavos” by cutting off back into session – September is a revoking the contract of Silares European cruise lines, it is not getting the good time to look at the state of Terminales Caribe N.V., an Italian big dollars because the mega cruise ships U.S.-Cuban relations. company that had operated the island’s from Miami and Fort Lauderdale aren’t To some, it may seem like the cruise terminals for seven years. docking at the island’s ports. In a 2004 trees haven’t changed. But to this The move came 10 weeks after Fidel memo, the Transportation Ministry observer of U.S.-Cuba relations for Castro, in a speech directed to calculated the U.S. embargo-related loss more than 30 years, the whole forest Caribbean in cruise is changing in fundamental ways. neighbors, tourism *** poured acid income, Look at what happened over this over cruise just from summer in Congress.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Print Sept2005.Qxp
    Vol. 13, No. 8 September 2005 www.cubanews.com In the News Gulf ports quickly recover from Katrina; Cuba-bound shipments to resume soon Reviving claims U.S. reopens long-dormant Cuban claims BY VITO ECHEVARRÍA perimeter and will soon be available throughout the facility,” according to a Sep. 15 press release program at Starwood’s urging .....Page 2 ith the Port of New Orleans and Gulf- port, Miss., in shambles following the issued by the Mississippi State Port Authority. Wonslaught of Hurricane Katrina, it first “On the day following the storm, it was esti- Housing crisis appeared that Mother Nature had done more to mated that limited port operations would not be available for months or even up to a full year,” Hurricane Dennis worsens Cuba’s already disrupt U.S. food exports to Cuba — at least temporarily — than anything the pro-embargo said the release. “It now appears that [terminal critical housing shortage ..............Page 3 lobby in Washington could have come up with. operators] P&O Ports North America Inc. and In the days following the killer hurricane, SSA Marine will be ready to resume terminal Pink slip for aide Crowley Liner Services Inc. told CubaNews that operations within a matter of days.” as a result of “devastating damage” at its facili- The two ports together, along with Mobile, Wilfredo López Rodríguez sacked as key ties in New Orleans and Gulfport, “we are un- Ala., have handled close to 75% of the $1 billion advisor to Fidel Castro ..................Page 4 able to safely operate in the affected region and in food commodities shipped to Cuba from U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Vote for Heather Hutt
    Compton — ‘Two Distant Strangers’ In The History Books! SoCal Legend: Keyshawn (See Page D-2) Johnson (See page E-2) VOL. LXXXVII NO. 19, $1.00 +CA. Sales Tax “For Over Eighty Years, the Voice of Our Community Speaking for Itself.” THURSDAY, MAY 13, 2021 VOL. LXXVV, NO. 49 • $1.00 + CA. Sales Tax “For Over Eighty Years The Voice of Our Community Speaking for Itself THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12 - 18, 2013 He leaves with a legacy of Cleaner Air, Achievements for Environmental Justice and Historical Inclusionary Votes For All with the booming ware- health, and providing a and initiating the Health house industry. The rule voice for the public on air Effects of Air Pollution would reduce pollution in quality issues. On his first Foundation to research communities near these day as chair in 1997, he the potential connections warehouses, particularly announced environmen- between air pollution, lung communities of color. tal justice would become tumors and brain cancer. Dr. Burke retired after 27 a central focus of South To help engage the next years of service, including Coast AQMD. His ef- generation of clean air poli- an unprecedented 23 years forts included developing cymakers and scientists, as chair. The Diamond Bar the Environmental Justice Dr. Burke expanded out- headquarters auditorium Community Partnership to reach initiatives to youth was newly named after build stronger ties with EJ and young adults by spear- Dr. Burke for his lifelong groups and communities heading the Why Healthy dedication and service as a to address environmental Air Matters (WHAM) leader and environmental inequities in communi- school program to increase justice (EJ) trailblazer.
    [Show full text]
  • Killing Hope U.S
    Killing Hope U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II – Part I William Blum Zed Books London Killing Hope was first published outside of North America by Zed Books Ltd, 7 Cynthia Street, London NI 9JF, UK in 2003. Second impression, 2004 Printed by Gopsons Papers Limited, Noida, India w w w.zedbooks .demon .co .uk Published in South Africa by Spearhead, a division of New Africa Books, PO Box 23408, Claremont 7735 This is a wholly revised, extended and updated edition of a book originally published under the title The CIA: A Forgotten History (Zed Books, 1986) Copyright © William Blum 2003 The right of William Blum to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Cover design by Andrew Corbett ISBN 1 84277 368 2 hb ISBN 1 84277 369 0 pb Spearhead ISBN 0 86486 560 0 pb 2 Contents PART I Introduction 6 1. China 1945 to 1960s: Was Mao Tse-tung just paranoid? 20 2. Italy 1947-1948: Free elections, Hollywood style 27 3. Greece 1947 to early 1950s: From cradle of democracy to client state 33 4. The Philippines 1940s and 1950s: America's oldest colony 38 5. Korea 1945-1953: Was it all that it appeared to be? 44 6. Albania 1949-1953: The proper English spy 54 7. Eastern Europe 1948-1956: Operation Splinter Factor 56 8. Germany 1950s: Everything from juvenile delinquency to terrorism 60 9. Iran 1953: Making it safe for the King of Kings 63 10.
    [Show full text]
  • Le Mag De Cuba "Cuba, Voyager Dans Toutes Ses Dimensions." Hors-Serie
    Le mag de Cuba "Cuba, voyager dans toutes ses dimensions." hors-serie Cuba es un largo lagarto verde page 00 Alice Odinot et Maëlle Albinet SOMMAIRE Cuba Art page 02 pages7-9 Histoire Peinture pages3-4 page 08 Image Loisirs pages5-6 page 09 - 01 - Cuba Presentación de Cuba Cuba es una isla que se sitúa en el mar Caribe, al este de México y al sur de los estados unidos. Su capital es La Habana y su lingua oficial el español. Es Cristóbal Colon quien descubrió la Isla de Cuba en 1492. Es la isla mayor de las Antillas y de América central Cuba es una isla cuyo viento sopla y el sol brilla todo el ano pero sus habitantes sufren de los huracanes y del calor de la isla. Como le dice Nicolás Guillén en su poema, Cuba se parece a un largo lagarto verde que navega por el mar de las Antillas. Los paisajes cubanos se componen principalmente de llanuras. - 02 - Histoire Biographie Fidel Castro Fidel Castro était un homme politique cubain, né le 13 aout à Biran (sur l’ile de Cuba) et mort le 26 novembre 2016 à La Havane. Dans les années 1950, Castro s’engage dans des actions politiques, par exemple il devient militant dans le parti du peuple cubain d’Eduardo Chiba. Fidel Castro gouverna la République de Cuba en tant Premier ministre de 1959 à 1976 et comme président de 1976 à 2008. Il fut l'un des principaux dirigeants de la Révolution cubaine qui renversa le régime dictatorial du général Fulgencio Batista.
    [Show full text]
  • Topple Fidel, Is Sister's
    net minister and confidante. Philip Bonsai was the last U.S. ICAYUNE, NEW ORLEANS, butions. ambassador to Cuba. Miss Castro lives quietly with a family of exile friends in a Miss Castro began under- modest home. She reads Span- ground activity against her TOPPLE FIDEL, ish and French books, mostly brother's regime. Then she with anti-Communist themes. packed her bags and quietly, IS SISTER'S AIM She has learned enough English for essential needs and remains unmolested, boarded a Cuban airliner for Mexico. From there Juanita Castro Rabid aloof from exile political in- trigue. she came to Miami. I - Agiti-C ommutist Her anti-Fidel broadcasts are Y2 beamed to much of Latin Amer- By THEODORE A. DIGER ica. MIAMI, Fla. (AP) — Juanita One of her latest replied to a Castro has been trying during pastoral letter by Roman Cath- five years in exile to foment a olics in Cuba calling for lifting Since then, she said, she has counterrevolution against her of the U.S. economic boycott of had no contact with Fidel or his brother Fidel, the prime minis- Cuba because of hardships the brother Raul, minister of Cuba's ter of Cuba. people are undergoing. "What Now, she says, she devotes does the economic boycott have full time to this project and to to do," Miss Castro asked, armed forces. helping distressed refugees "with Cuba not producing, as Juanita said she has had indi-I from her brother's regime. before, enough rice, beans, rect contact with her oldest sis- "The problem of Cuba de- vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, mands all my time," said Miss poultry, eggs, coffee and items Castro, 34, comely and fashiona- that are rationed now?" ter, Angelita.
    [Show full text]
  • An Ethnomusicological Study of the Policies and Aspirations for US
    Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2014 Beyond the Blockade: An Ethnomusicological Study of the Policies and Aspirations for U.S.-Cuban Musical Interaction Timothy P. Storhoff Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC BEYOND THE BLOCKADE: AN ETHNOMUSICOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE POLICIES AND ASPIRATIONS FOR U.S.-CUBAN MUSICAL INTERACTION By TIMOTHY P. STORHOFF A Dissertation submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2014 Timothy Storhoff defended this dissertation on April 2, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Frank Gunderson Professor Directing Dissertation José Gomáriz University Representative Michael B. Bakan Committee Member Denise Von Glahn Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii To Mom and Dad, for always encouraging me to write and perform. iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This dissertation was made possible through the support, assistance and encouragement of numerous individuals. I am particularly grateful to my advisor, Frank Gunderson, and my dissertation committee members, Michael Bakan, Denise Von Glahn and José Gomáriz. Along with the rest of the FSU Musicology faculty, they have helped me refine my ideas and ask the right questions while exemplifying the qualities required of outstanding educators and scholars. From the beginning of my coursework through the completion of my dissertation, I could not have asked for a finer community of colleagues, musicians and scholars than the musicologists at the Florida State University.
    [Show full text]
  • O Desaparecimento Do Comandante Camilo Cienfuegos
    UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS DEPARTAMENTO DE HISTÓRIA THAIS ROSALINA TURIAL BRITO ENTRE MEMÓRIAS, NARRATIVAS E ESQUECIMENTOS: O DESAPARECIMENTO DO COMANDANTE CAMILO CIENFUEGOS BRASÍLIA 2014 UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS DEPARTAMENTO DE HISTÓRIA ENTRE MEMÓRIAS, NARRATIVAS E ESQUECIMENTOS: O DESAPARECIMENTO DO COMANDANTE CAMILO CIENFUEGOS Monografia apresentada ao Departamento de História do Instituto de Ciências Humanas da Universidade de Brasília para a obtenção do grau de licenciado em História, sob a orientação do Prof. Dr. Jaime de Almeida. BRASÍLIA 2014 UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS HUMANAS DEPARTAMENTO DE HISTÓRIA ENTRE MEMÓRIAS, NARRATIVAS E ESQUECIMENTOS: O DESAPARECIMENTO DO COMANDANTE CAMILO CIENFUEGOS BANCA EXAMINADORA: ______________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Jaime de Almeida (Orientador) ______________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Francisco Fernando Monteoliva Doratioto ______________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Luiz Paulo Ferreira Nogueról ______________________________________________________ Prof. Dr. Carlos Eduardo Vidigal (Suplente) Data da Defesa: 05 de dezembro de 2014 BRASÍLIA 2014 AGRADECIMENTOS Quero agradecer a todos aqueles que de alguma forma estiveram presentes no percurso desta pesquisa. Primeiramente, ao meu querido esposo Marcelo Brito pelo constante apoio aos meus mais ousados projetos acadêmicos. Ao orientador desta pesquisa e amigo, professor Jaime de Almeida, que me mostrou a beleza do que é ser um historiador. Com seu valor intelectual e a sua experiência investigativa me ajudou a levar este trabalho além do que foi pensado e com muita dedicação, acreditou neste projeto quando tudo indicava que seria um grande desafio. À professora Eleonora Zicari, que forneceu sugestões maravilhosas de referências bibliográficas que me permitiram construir meu arcabouço teórico-metodológico. Ao professor Giliard Prado, pela interlocução e apoio constante a esta pesquisa.
    [Show full text]
  • The Brookings Institution Cuba 2008: Opportunities
    1 THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION CUBA 2008: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES Washington, D.C. Wednesday, February 6, 2008 Welcome Remarks: CARLOS PASCUAL Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy The Brookings Institution PANEL ONE - CUBA AND THE WORLD: SUCCESSION TO TRANSITION Moderator: PETER HAKIM President, Inter-American Dialogue Presenters: VICKI HUDDLESTON Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution and Former Chief, U.S. Interests Section, Cuba JAIME SUCHLICKI Director, Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami RIORDAN ROETT School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University ANDERSON COURT REPORTING 706 Duke Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone (703) 519-7180 Fax (703) 519-7190 2 PANEL TWO – AFTER FIDEL: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGE Moderator: JULIA SWEIG Director, Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Presenters: MARIFELI PÉREZ–STABLE Vice President, Democratic Governance, Inter-American Dialogue ANDY S. GOMEZ Assistant Provost, University of Miami PHIL PETERS Vice President, Lexington Institute RAJ M. DESAI Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution PANEL THREE – IT'S THE ECONOMY: CONSTRAINTS AND INCENTIVES TO REFORM Moderator: CARMELO MESA-LAGO University of Pittsburgh Presenters: CARLOS SALADRIGAS Co-Chairman, Cuba Study Group ROBERT MUSE Law Offices of Robert L. Muse DANIEL P. ERIKSON Director, Caribbean Programs, Inter-American Dialogue ANDERSON COURT REPORTING 706 Duke Street, Suite 100 Alexandria, VA 22314 Phone (703) 519-7180 Fax (703) 519-7190 3 KIRBY JONES President,
    [Show full text]
  • Docid-32308283.Pdf
    This document is made available through the declassification efforts and research of John Greenewald, Jr., creator of: The Black Vault The Black Vault is the largest online Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) document clearinghouse in the world. The research efforts here are responsible for the declassification of hundreds of thousands of pages released by the U.S. Government & Military. Discover the Truth at: http://www.theblackvault.com JFK Assassination System Date: 5111/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : FBI RECORD NUMBER : 124-1 0294-10141 RECORD SERIES : HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-72630-142 Document Information . ORIGINATOR : FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TO: TITLE: DATE: 12/1411970 'PAGES : 74 SUBJECTS: <"""[Restricted) DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret RESTRICTIONS : lB; 1C; 4 CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 06/04/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : INDEFINITE COMMENTS: v9 .l 25 Docid:32308283 Page 1 •. · · ·<-=-~.:· ~;:~.::"'r ; \ /_) / CORRELATION SUMMARY .. -·~, ~~~~) irt~ s~:: r- . i '~i ~~··: ·,~· ; ; Main File No: 105-72630 / Date~~-~ -~ ,.7() .:.::. ~ See also: 2-1566 ~ 2-1597 / ·. 39-2656 ~- 46-46398 ., ·· 105-83331 ./ i 100-429505 • !-- . Subject: Pedro Luis Oscar Diaz 'Lanz Date Se~rched: 5/23/69 ~- - - ~ . -One Diaz* · All logical variations of subject's name and aliases were searched and identical referen~es were found as set out on page 2. Also searched as Oscar Diaz. See page 72 in summary.· This is a summary of information obtained from a review of all "see" references to the_ subject in Bureau files under the names .:and .aliases listed on page 2. All references under these names - · · _/" .· ·, conta1ning data identical with the subject have been included except · ·_ ,any indicated at the end of this summary under the heading REFERENCES .
    [Show full text]
  • Lohmeier, Christine (2011) Migrant Communication: Cuban-Americans and the Media in Miami, FL. Phd Thesis
    Lohmeier, Christine (2011) Migrant communication: Cuban-Americans and the media in Miami, FL. PhD thesis. https://theses.gla.ac.uk/2698/ Copyright and moral rights for this work are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge This work cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the author The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the author When referring to this work, full bibliographic details including the author, title, awarding institution and date of the thesis must be given Enlighten: Theses https://theses.gla.ac.uk/ [email protected] Migrant Communication: Cuban-Americans and the media in Miami, FL Christine Lohmeier Diplom-Kulturwirtin (Univ.) M.Sc. Media Research A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Centre for Cultural Policy Research School of Culture and Creative Arts University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8QQ June 2011 © Christine Lohmeier, 2011 Abstract This thesis examines an exile community‘s relation to media. In particular, it focuses on the case of the Cuban-American community and English- as well as Spanish-language media based in Miami, FL. Following the revolution under Fidel Castro in 1959, Miami developed into the capital of the Cuban exile. Over the past decades, the Cuban-American community formed a nucleus which attracted further migration from South America and the Caribbean. The incoming migrants contributed to turning Miami into a flourishing economic urban space.
    [Show full text]
  • Vasco Tristão Leitão Da Cunha, Fidel Castro (And His Sister), and Brazilian-Cuban
    UNCORRECTED DRAFT—4/11/14 A "Friend of the Revolution" or a “Traitor”? Vasco Tristão Leitão da Cunha, Fidel Castro (and his Sister), and Brazilian-Cuban Relations, 1956-1964 By James G. Hershberg Professor of History and International Affairs George Washington University ([email protected]) Presented to the Panel, “New Perspectives on Latin America’s Cold War” International Studies Association/Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (ISA/FLACSO) Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 July 2014 1 This presentation draws on my ongoing book project on the US-Cuban-Brazilian triangular relationship (or quadrangular, if one adds their relations with what was quaintly still known as the “Sino-Soviet bloc”) at the height of the Cold War, in the early 1960s, a span encompassing such tumultuous events as the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs affair, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. My inquiry originated in, and spun off from, my longstanding in the international history of the October 1962 missile crisis, when in the late 1990s I first noticed (in a translated Soviet document) that at the height of the missile crisis, Brazil was involved in a secret mediation effort between US President John F. Kennedy and Cuban leader Fidel Castro. That Soviet document described a meeting between Castro and a special emissary sent by Brazil’s president, João Goulart, just after the crisis climaxed, relaying what in fact was a laundered U.S. proposal (although Castro didn’t realize that). On searching for background in the relevant literature—to use in annotating the document for the Cold War International History Project Bulletin, which I then edited—I discovered that none existed.
    [Show full text]
  • EXTENSIONS of REMARKS 14521 of Idaho, Mr
    May 11, 1971 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 14521 of Idaho, Mr. KING, Mr. KUYKENDALL, H.J. Res. 629. Joint resolution proposing other dangerous drugs, and for other pur­ Mr. MAzzOLI, Mr. MCCLOSKEY, Mr. an amendment to the Constitution of the poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. RUNNELS, Mr. SHRIVER, and Mr. United States relating to the freedom of SIKES): choice; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 8301. A bill relating to the conserva­ By Mr. O'HARA: tion and restoration of marginal farmland; H.J. Res. 630. Joint resolution providing MEMORIALS to the Committee on Agriculture. for the designation of the third week of Under clause 4 of rule XXII, memorials By Mr. SPRINGER: October of 1971 as "National German Shep­ H.R. 8302. A bill to extend the act of Sep­ herd Dog Week";· to the Committee on the were presented and referred as follows: tember 30, 1965, relating to high-speed Judiciary. 167. By the SPEAKER: memorial of the ground transportation, by removing the ter­ By Mr. PETI'IS: Legislature of the State of Nevada, relative mination date thereof, and for other pur­ H .J. Res. 631. Joint resolution proposing to the recreational values of public lands; poses; to the Committee on Interstate and an amendment to the Constitution of the to the Committee on Interior and Insular Foreign Commerce. United States with respect to the flag of Affairs. By Mr. STEELE: the United States; to the Committee on the 168. By the SPEAKER: memorial of the H.R. 8303. A bill to amend the Omnibus Judiciary.
    [Show full text]