photo: Ismael Batista Ramírez
An interview with the Director of the Center for Investigations of International Politics (CIPI) José Ramón Cabañas, to the Spanish press outlet El Periódico on June 14, 2024
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By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on March 28, 2024
Havana, photo: Bill Hackwell
On March 17, extraordinary events took place in Cuba, which once again received disproportionate coverage in the social networks and some foreign media considering the type of disasters we are experiencing in today’s world. They are “extraordinary in Cuba” because this has not been a country where the forces of law and order walk with long guns in the streets, there are no armored cars to confront demonstrations with strong jets of water, nor are there cases of loss of eyes due to the use of rubber bullets. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on March 7, 2024
illustration: Jamie Brown
During the current year, a great deal of energy is being invested in trying to predict who will be the winner of the presidential elections next November in the United States, which party will win the majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate, allowing or not the President to have the necessary support to develop his agenda for the next four years. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 16, 2024
photo: Bill Hackwell
On February 7 of this year, official delegations from Cuba and the United States met in Washington DC, to address issues related to the bilateral agenda, as foreseen in the current Memorandum of Understanding on Law Enforcement and Compliance. The term in English is Law Enforcement since in that language the two meanings are contained in the same word. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on February 1, 2024 from Havana
Immigrants rally for rights in Los Angeles, 2006, photo: Bill Hackwell
In addressing the immigration issue in the United States, two errors are commonly made: one is to consider that the country rejects immigration flows on a permanent basis and, second, to consider that one federal party or another is pro- or anti-migrant. (more…)
By José R. Cabañas Rodríguez on January 12, 2024 from Havana
José R. Cabañas , photo, Bill Hackwell
At a time when political campaign events are in full swing with a view to the November 2024 US presidential elections, forecasts about individuals and parties are multiplying, both with a view to the highest executive office and with respect to majorities and minorities in senates and federal and state houses. (more…)
Excerpt from the Primakov Readings by Dr. José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 28, 2023
Let me first of all thank the organizers in the persons of Alexander Dynkin, Director of the Primakov Institute, and IMEMO President Feodor Voitolovsky. I take this opportunity to acknowledge the academic and diplomatic legacy of Yevgeny Primakov. (more…)
By José Ramón Cabañas Rodríguez on November 21, 2023 in Havana
2023 Nation and Emigration Conference
During November 18 and 19, 371 Cubans residing in 56 countries attended the sessions of the IV Nation and Emigration Conference in Havana. Hundreds of relatives, officials, friends and acquaintances welcomed them and shared time with them, as many arrived several days before the formal schedules of the event, and even several days later many of them will walk around the Cuban geography in a thousand purposes. (more…)