AN ECONOMY UNDER SIEGE: BUILDING SOCIALISM AND SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA TODAY–A CONVERSATION WITH DR. JOURDY JAMES HEREDIA

Internationally renowed economist and activist Jourdy Victoria James Heredia received PhDs in Economic Sciences from the University of Havana and the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She is a deputy director of the Global Economy Research Center in Havana and Associate Professor at the University of Havana. She has over 30 years of experience researching issues of European integration. She is the author of numerous articles in national and international journals and also of two books: The Euro Zone Crisis: Economic Foundations and Lessons for Latin America and Food Security in the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean: The Cases of Cuba and Spain.