U.S.-Cuba academic and cultural exchanges since 1959 and their future:
the potential role of the SIU system
Al Romero
Summary:
The academic and cultural exchanges between the United States and Cuba
have been severely curtailed since Fidel Castro took power in 1959.
Since then, the nature and intensity of those relations have varied
with the political winds of the times. Currently there is a great deal
of frustration among people in academic and cultural circles of the two
countries given that recent political changes in the U.S. and Cuba led
some to believe that this kind of exchanges would flourish. Plans at
SIU to invigorate those exchanges take new approaches that are holistic
and multidimensional in nature.