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CLALS Launches "The Road Ahead: Cuba After the July 11 Protests" Online Symposium
As part of its ongoing Cuba Initiative, CLALS has launched "The Road Ahead: Cuba After the July 11 Protests." This online symposium brings together the views of more than a dozen respected scholars and analysts, including voices from both inside and outside the island, to analyze the protests that swept Cuba on July 11, 2021. These original essays, in both English and Spanish, examine the political, economic, social, and cultural conditions that led up to July 11, and the significance of these events for Cuba’s future.
In addition to the original contributions, the symposium includes a section of Additional Analyses with links to commentary and analysis published elsewhere that will be of interest to a broad audience, and a longer section of Further Readings for those who want to explore the subject in greater depth.
Funder & Partner Highlights
CLALS Receives New Grant to Study Illegal Fishing in Latin America
The Center has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State as part of its one-year “Western Hemisphere Regional Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Assessment” initiative. Led by CLALS faculty affiliate and SIS Associate Professor Matt Taylor and CLALS Research Fellow Steven Dudley, this project will assess and map fishing legislation; law enforcement capacity to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUU fishing); scope of crimes associated with IUU fishing; and the adverse economic and environmental impacts of IUU fishing across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Media Mentions
Professor of Government and CLALS Faculty Affiliate William M. LeoGrande spoke to El Pais English about the Biden administration's Cuba policy. LeoGrande said, “It is possible that internal political benefits can be obtained by maintaining the status quo.”