The Activation of the Title III of the Helms-Burton Act: The Making of a Policy

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d16460796e146">The article addresses the early implementation of Title III of the Helms-Burton Act. We discuss the decision to activate the Title from the perspective of policymaking. We examine the behaviour of the key variables: the domestic variables and contextual variables, within the framework created by the structural variables in the form of state policy. We then address the lawsuits filed under Title III between May 2019 and January 2023 to identify the companies sued and the state of the processes as of January 2023. The low figures, underwhelming results for the defendants and technical issues with the texts filed, along with targeted companies, show the contradiction between the statute and the constitutional framework. The research also shows how those contradictions affect the rulings of the courts. We found evidence of the political dimension of the suits and their developments, and how it adds to the obstacles for any potential future <i>rapprochement</i> between the US and Cuba. </p>

International Journal of Cuban Studies

<p><em>International Journal of Cuban Studies</em> is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed academic journal published by Pluto Journals that provides a platform for publications on Cuba and related topics. It is the publication of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the University of Buckingham, whose website can be seen <a href="https://cubastudies.org/">here</a>.</p><p>Print ISSN: 1756-3461 / e-ISSN: 1756-347X​</p>

Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery

Conversations with Marília Guimarães: “I spent the best years of my life in Cuba”

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" dir="auto" id="d11539631e124">In these conversations, Marília Guimarães recounts her militant commitment against the military power in Brazil and details the odyssey that led her to Havana, and then her life in 1970s Cuba. </p>

International Journal of Cuban Studies

<p><em>International Journal of Cuban Studies</em> is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed academic journal published by Pluto Journals that provides a platform for publications on Cuba and related topics. It is the publication of the International Institute for the Study of Cuba at the University of Buckingham, whose website can be seen <a href="https://cubastudies.org/">here</a>.</p><p>Print ISSN: 1756-3461 / e-ISSN: 1756-347X​</p>