List of Figures

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List of Tables

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Gary Prevost

1

Chapter 2: The Relations of Cuba with Latin
America and the Caribbean: The Long
and Winding Road of Reconciliation
Carlos Oliva Campos

15

Chapter 3: Latin America and Cuba from the
Perspective of the U.S. Think Tanks:
2000–2010
Luis Fernando Ayerbe

39

Chapter 4: Cuba and the New Inter-American System
Jaime Preciado Coronado and Pablo Uc

73

Chapter 5: Cuba, Venezuela, and ALBA:
The Neo-Bolívarian Challenge
H. Michael Erisman

101

Chapter 6: Barack Obama: Not a New Beginning,
but More of the Same
Esteban Morales Dominguez

149