News from Cuban Committee for Democracy

Alejandro Portes, president of the CCD, offered the keynote address at a global conference on Transnationalism and its Challenges,organized by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. While in Spain, he met with prominent academic authorities and political figures, both in Barcelona and Madrid, to discuss chances for a political transition in Cuba and possible contributions by Spain toward that goal. Portes is currently conducting a large-scale study of immigrant communities in Madrid.

Alejandro Portes, President of the CCD, traveled to the Dominican Republic on January 21 – 25 to meet with his research team in a comparative study of Latin American institutions and development, being conducted in five Latin American countries.  While in Santo Domingo, Portes offered a lecture on the role of transnational organizations in the political incorporation process of Latin immigrants in the United States. The lecture was attended by important personalities of the Dominican academic and political world.
 

During the visit, he also met with advisors of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez to discuss possible roles that the country could play in fostering a democratic transition in Cuba.

Will Little Havana Go Blue?
By David Rieff
Article from the New York Times

Alejandro Portes received 
the  New Award from the National  Academy of Sciences

Juan Gualberto Gómez Award

Award ceremony

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