Symposium Examines Year of US-Cuba Relations

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At a recent symposium held at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, scholars and diplomats examined the first year of closer relations between the U. S. and Cuba.

The U. S.-Cuban Relations Symposium was held on Nov. 9. It consisted of two events; a talk entitled “U.S.-Cuban Relations: A View from Havana,” given by Carlos Alzugaray Treto, former Cuban ambassador to the European Union, and a roundtable entitled “The Past, Present, and Future of U.S.-Cuban Relations” with scholars Jorge I. Domínguez, Louis A. Pérez Jr., and Lars Schoultz. The symposium was sponsored by the Latin American Studies Program, an affiliated regional studies center of the Pardee School, along with the College of Arts and Sciences Academic Enhancement Fund and the Pardee School.

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Symposium Examines Year of US-Cuba Relations

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