Cuba
Bloomberg
August 31, 2010
Telecommunications companies wishing to operate in Cuba risk violating sanctions still in place, says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, arguing for more substantive policy reforms that would allow greater development of the island nation's communications infrastructure.
Christopher Sabatini
August 31, 2010
"If done carefully, further reforms hold the promise of breaking the policy and human rights stasis that has gripped Cuba, and U.S. policy towards Cuba, for more than half a century. That is a prize worth grasping," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in the Financial Times.
August 19, 2010
"Any and all changes to the U.S. embargo must first and foremost be geared toward strengthening the hand of the island’s independent sectors," says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in this report published by the Woodrow Wilson Center's Latin America Program.
The New York Times
Ginger Thompson
August 17, 2010
“It’s a way of fostering greater opening and exchange without a bruising battle with a much-needed political ally in an election year,” says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini of the Obama administration's plans to ease restrictions on U.S. citizens wishing to travel to Cuba, leaving the trade embargo intact.
Bloomberg
Jens Erik Gould and Nicole Gaouette
August 9, 2010
“This is an effort to move the policy forward in some way, but in a way that will be much more palatable to the embargo’s supporters,” said AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, discussing the possibility of the Obama administration loosening certain restrictions on U.S. citizens traveling to the communist island.
TIME
Tim Padgett
August 8, 2010
"The party rank and file still like to bask in his stature, such as it is today," said AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, commenting on Fidel Castro's address to Cuba's National Assembly.
Reuters
August 1, 2010
"These are reforms on the margin that don't address the fundamental inefficiency of the Cuban economy," says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, commenting on the Cuban government's decision to ease restrictions on self-employment.
Carlos Saladrigas
August 1, 2010
It's time for the United States to ease restrictions and promote development of IT services in Cuba, writes Carlos Saladrigas of the Cuba Study Group in an op-ed for The Miami Herald.
Summer 2010
The Summer 2010 issue will look at how technology and business are reinventing health care.
Latin American Herald Tribune
Marcela Sanchez
July 26, 2010
Little tangible progress has been made to open up U.S. telecommunication investment access in Cuba, says an AS/COA report titled Empowering the Cuban People through Technology: Recommendations for Private and Public Sector Leaders.
