Older Persons and the Cuban Reform Process

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Burnett, V. (16 July, 2012) ‘Cuba Hits Wall in 2-Year Push to Expand the Private Sector’. The New York Times . Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/world/americas/economists-question-cubas-commitment-to-privatizing-businesses.html?pagewanted=all. (Accessed 21 April 2014.)
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García, V. (3 February, 2013) ‘Breaking the Family Embargo’. Los Angeles Times . Available at http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/03/opinion/la-oe-garcia-cuba-20130203. (Accessed 10 April 2013.)
González, T. (7 February, 2012) ‘Salud en Cuba siglo XXI: ¿qué está pasando?’. Cuba Encuentro . Available at http://www.cubaencuentro.com/cuba/articulos/salud-en-cuba-siglo-xxi-que-esta-pasando-273719. (Accessed 1 March 2012.)
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Rainsford, S. (18 February, 2012) ‘Cuba Economy: Tax Lessons as Private Sector Grows’. BBC News Latin America & Caribbean . Available at http://www.bbc.com/news/worldlatin-america-16809185. (Accessed 18 February 2012.)
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Tamayo, J. (24 February, 2014). ‘Cuba Dismissed 596,500 State Workers Since 2009’. Miami Herald . Available at http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/24/3957773/cuba-dismissed-596500-state-workers.html. (Accessed 21 April 2014). For more information visit http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/24/3957773/cuba-dismissed-596500-state-workers.html#storylink=cpy.

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[1] Burnett, V. (3 February, 2011) ‘In a Shift, Cubans Savor Working for Themselves’. The New York Times . Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/world/americas/04cuba.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. (Accessed 3 February 2012.)

[2] Burnett, V. (16 July, 2012) ‘Cuba Hits Wall in 2-Year Push to Expand the Private Sector’. The New York Times . Available at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/world/americas/economists-question-cubas-commitment-to-privatizing-businesses.html?pagewanted=all. (Accessed 21 April 2014.)

[3] Caden@123456gramonte. (23 December, 2011) ‘Cuba's 2012 State Budget to Guarantee Support of Social Assistance’. Available at http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/english/index.php/show/articles/8734. (Accessed 13 March 2013.)

[4] Chase, M. (19 October, 2011) ‘Cuba Rethinks the Revolution’. The Nation . Available at http://www.thenation.com/article/164069/cuba-rethinks-revolution. (Accessed 18 February 2012.)

[5] Draft Economic and Social Policy Guidelines for the Party and the Revolution. (2010) Available at http://www.walterlippmann.com/pcc-draft-economic-and-social-policy-guidelines-2010.pdf. (Accessed 19 February 2012.)

[6] Farber, S. (2011) Cuba since the Revolution: A Critical Assessment . Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books.

[7] Frank, M. (Reuters, 31 January, 2012) ‘Cuba Reports Big Increase in Food Prices’. Available at http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/31/us-cuba-inflation-idUS-TRE80U1TS20120131. (Accessed 21 April 2014.)

[8] Frank, M. (29 November, 2011) ‘“Our wages are so low we can't spare a single peso”: Cuba Levies First Taxes since 1959’. National Post . Available at http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/11/29/cuba-levies-first-taxes-since-1959/. (Accessed 2 April 2013.)

[9] García, V. (3 February, 2013) ‘Breaking the Family Embargo’. Los Angeles Times . Available at http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/03/opinion/la-oe-garcia-cuba-20130203. (Accessed 10 April 2013.)

[10] González, T. (7 February, 2012) ‘Salud en Cuba siglo XXI: ¿qué está pasando?’. Cuba Encuentro . Available at http://www.cubaencuentro.com/cuba/articulos/salud-en-cuba-siglo-xxi-que-esta-pasando-273719. (Accessed 1 March 2012.)

[11] Havana Times.org. (2 July, 2013) ‘Fewer Eggs in Cuba's Ration Book’. Havana Times.org. Available at http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=95726. (Accessed 13 July 2013.)

[12] Hernández, R., J.C. Alfonos, C. Sarduy, A. Duran, and R. Paris. (2008) ‘Envejecer en Cuba’, in ‘Ultimojueves’ Los debates de Temas , volumen 2. Havana, Cuba: Instituto Cubano de Investigación Cultural Juan Marinello, pp. 110–30.

[13] International Republican Institute. (2013) IRI Cuba Index . International Republican Institute. Available at http://www.iri.org/sites/default/files/2013%20May%2024%20IRI%20Cuba%20Index,%20January%2020-February%2020,%202013%20–%20English%20version_0.pdf. (Accessed 2 July 2013.)

[14] Isla, W.C. (15 February, 2012) ‘Cuba: séptimo año de caída en la construcción de viviendas’. Café Fuerte . Available at file:///K:/CUBA.HOUSING/1586-cuba-septimo-ano-de-desplome-en-la-construccion-de-viviendas.htm. (Accessed 10 March 2012.)

[15] Latin American Herald Tribune . (20 February, 2012) ‘Cuba to Begin Mass Layoffs of State Employees’. Latin American Herald Tribune . Available at http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=382937&;CategoryId=14510. (Accessed 23 February 2012.)

[16] Mesa-Lago, C. and J. Pérez-López. (2013) Cuba under Raúl Castro: Assessing the reforms . London: Lynne Rienner Publishers.

[17] Mesa-Lago, C. and P. Vidal-Alejandro. (2010) ‘The Impact of the Global Crisis on Cuba's Economy and Social Welfare’, Journal of Latin American Studies 42: 689–717.

[18] Novellino, T. (4 February, 2011) ‘Cuba Finds Its Inner Entrepreneur’. Portfolio.com. Available at http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/entrepreneurship/2011/02/04/the-ranks-of-entrepreneurs-in-cuba-is-growing/. (Accessed 11 March 2012.)

[19] Oficina Nacional de Estadística e Información (ONE). (2011) ‘Resultados de la encuesta nacional de envejecimiento poblacional’. Available at http://www.one.cu/publicaciones/cepde/enep%202010/ENEP10.pdf. (Accessed 18 February 2012.)

[20] Peláez, O. (5 May, 2011) ‘Raising Retirement Age Is Not Incompatible with Downsizing of Staff’, cited in Mesa-Lago, C. (2011) ‘Will the Sixth Communist Party Congress Solve Cuba's Economic and Social Problems?’, in Cuba in Transition , volume 21. Available at http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume21/pdfs/mesalago.pdf. (Accessed 21 April 2014.)

[21] Peralo, R.G. (18 January, 2012) ‘Raúl Castro versus Corruption’. Progreso Weekly . Available at http://progreso-weekly.com/2/index.php?option=com_content&;view=article&id=3003:raul-castro-vs-corruption&catid=36:in-cuba&Itemid=54. (Accessed 14 April 2012.)

[22] Peters, P. (May, 2012) A Viewer's Guide to Cuba's Economic Reform . The Lexington Institute. Available at http://thecubaneconomy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Phil-Peters-A-Viewers-Guide-to-Cubas-Economic-Reform.pdf. (Accessed 18 April 2013.)

[23] Piñeiro Harnecker, C. (May, 2013) ‘Cuba's New Socialism: Different Visions Shaping Current Changes’, Latin American Perspectives 40(3): 107–26.

[24] Pujol, A. (2011) ‘Main Problems Faced by the Cuban Economy and What the Government is Trying to Do to Solve Them’, in Cuba in Transition , volume 21. Available at http://www.ascecuba.org/publications/proceedings/volume21/pdfs/pujol.pdf. (Accessed 21 April 2014.)

[25] Rainsford, S. (18 February, 2012) ‘Cuba Economy: Tax Lessons as Private Sector Grows’. BBC News Latin America & Caribbean . Available at http://www.bbc.com/news/worldlatin-america-16809185. (Accessed 18 February 2012.)

[26] Rios, A. (18 May, 2013) ‘New Tax Law Takes Effect in Cuba to Aid in Economic Reforms’. Latin American Herald Tribune . Available at http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14510&ArticleId=659910. (Accessed 18 May 2013.)

[27] Sánchez Egozcue, J.M. (November, 2012) ‘Challenges of Economic Restructuring in Cuba’, Socialism and Democracy 26(3): 139–61.

[28] Strug, D. (2009) ‘Why Older Cubans Still Identify with the Ideals of the Cuban Revolution’, Socialism and Democracy 23(1): 143–57.

[29] Tamayo, J. (24 February, 2014). ‘Cuba Dismissed 596,500 State Workers Since 2009’. Miami Herald . Available at http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/24/3957773/cuba-dismissed-596500-state-workers.html. (Accessed 21 April 2014). For more information visit http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/02/24/3957773/cuba-dismissed-596500-state-workers.html#storylink=cpy.

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