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.

International donors have overlooked civil society's role in reconstruction--but local organizations must also learn, adapt and develop roots in their communities.

During her visit to China, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner secured $12 billion worth of pledges from Beijing, primarily for her country’s rail system. But the trip fell short of resolving a Chinese ban on Argentine soybean oil.

AS/COA, in conjunction with the Brookings Institute and the Cuba Study Group, held a panel on findings of the new working paper Empowering the Cuban People through Technology. The paper recommends loosening restrictions on U.S. telecom firms to boost Cuba’s access to IT and the Internet.

AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini writes in ForeignPolicy.com for the White House "to loosen restrictions on U.S. telecom activities in Cuba and assist U.S. business in providing the tools for Cubans to communicate beyond the prison walls of the Castros' island nation."

Written in collaboration with the Brookings Institution and the Cuba Study Group, this white paper outlines ways that public and private sector can buiild access to technology and telecommunications services in Cuba.
 

As Haiti passes the six-month mark since a devastating earthquake, rebuilding proceeds at a slow pace hindered by politics and the massive scale of the disaster.