Cuba

Cuba: Confronting the US Embargo details and analyses the effects of the US embargo on Cuban society and the response of Cuba and its population to overcoming its consequences. Although the embargo disrupts and harms almost all aspects of life concentration focuses on those sectors most affected. The book is framed by the issue of human rights - from both the Cuban and the US perspective - an ideological gulf which underpins the political differences that exist between the two countries, and which raises the question of how extensively the implementation of the embargo violates the human rights of Cuba and its citizens.

Autorentext

PETER SCHWAB is Professor of Political Science at Purchase College, the State University of New York, A noted authority on human rights he has authored many books on the subject.

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Acknowledgements Preface Introduction: The Embargo and Human Rights: US and Cuban Perspectives The United States, Cuba and the Eastern Caribbean A War Against Public Health Starving the Cuban People The Question of Religion Political Dissent Conclusion: Cuba's Future and the Embargo Notes Bibliography Index