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Index Accor, 163, 165, 166 AECEs (asociaciones económicas con capital extranjero). See International economic associations Afghanistan, 182 Airtours PLC, 163 Air Transat, 103 Alcan, 163 Algeria, 72 Altadis, 89, 124, 165, 166, 203n66 American Airlines Inc., 163 American-Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC), 33 Americans for Humanitarian Trade with Cuba (AHTC), 46 Angola, 29, 30 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), 169 AT&T Corporation, 157, 187n2 AWS Technologies, 151 Aznar, José María, 116 Bacardi, 124, 189n11, 198n52 Baldwin, David A., 3, 4 Balsero Crisis, 21, 131, 199n3 Banca Commerciale Italiana, 113 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, 104, 112 Banco Santander, 113 Bank for International Settlements (BIS), 122, 123 Bank of Nova Scotia, 105 Barceló, 69 Bay of Pigs invasion, 27 Beatriz Roque, Marta, 54, 55 Bendixen and Associates, 150 Beta Gran Caribe Ltd., 105 BIS. See Bank for International Settlements Biscet, Oscar Elías, 54, 55 Blau, 69 BM Group: operations in Cuba, 107; sanctioned under Helms-Burton law, 106, 107, 120 Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA), 70 Brandes Investment Partners L.P., 165 BrasCuba S.A., 164, 203n63 Brazil, 69, 78, 123, 164 Brenner, Philip, 46 British American Tobacco (BAT), 164, 203n63 British Borneo Petroleum Syndicate, 111, 120, 197n24 Brundenius, Claes, 188n9 Burton, Dan, 42 Bush, George H. W.: and CANF, 33; change of mind on CDA, 38, 51; signed CDA, xvii 224 / Index Bush, George W.: asylum program for Cuban doctors, 53, 173–74, 175; crackdown on foreign banks, 50, 53, 109, 113, 122, 174; creation of CAFC, 18, 50; and Cuban-American hard-liners, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 109; CubanAmerican vote for, 48, 51; stance on Cuban dissidents, 54–55; on embargo, 186; financial aid to anti-Castro groups, xviii, 51, 55; Initiative for a Free Cuba, 49; propaganda broadcasts, 51, 53, 180; on Raúl Castro, 54; tightening of embargo rules, 23, 47, 50, 132, 139, 142; veto power, 48, 53 Bush, Jeb, 49 CACR. See Cuban Assets Control Regulations CAFC. See Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba Canada: banking exposure in Cuba, 123; food sales to Cuba, 170; investments in Cuba, 65–66, 68, 69, 70, 89, 156, 192n14; visitors to Cuba, 135, 138, 199n6 CANF. See Cuban American National Foundation Capital Research and Management Co., 163 Cargill, 169 Carnival Corporation, 118, 163 Carter, Jimmy, 30, 31, 32, 188n4, 189n5 Casas de cambio (CADECA), 142, 145, 146, 154. See also Exchange houses Cash2Cuba, 151 Castro, Fidel: crackdown on dissidents, 49, 52; efforts to export revolution, 25, 29; First Agrarian Reform, 26; illness of, 54, 61, 158, 173, 174, 177; nationalization program, 26, 27; recentralization launched by, 61, 84, 95; U.S. attempts to overthrow, 26, 27 Castro, Raúl: cabinet reshuffle, 80, 180; economic reforms, 54, 55, 79–81, 160, 174; on negotiations with U.S., 54, 56–57; as president of Cuba, 55, 61, 174; called for more foreign investment, 61, 78; transitional power of, 54, 61, 158 Cayman Islands, 105 C-Com. See Celulares del Caribe CDA. See Cuban Democracy Act Celulares del Caribe (C-Com), 156 Cementos Curazao N.V., 110 CEMEX, 110, 118, 120 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 27, 125 Centro de Promoción de Inversiones (CPI), 71, 72 Chávez, Hugo, 171, 172, 174 Chepe, Oscar Espinosa, 55 China: credit financing to Cuba, 58, 123, 125; as FDI recipient, 11; investments in Cuba, 68, 69, 71, 78, 164; joint ventures with Cuba in, 72 Christopher, Warren, 42, 99 CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency CIMEX, 147 Clinton, Bill: ban on money transfers to Cuba, 21; Cuban-American vote for, 43, 189n12; endorsement of CDA, 38; change of mind on Helms-Burton law, 42, 43, 51, 56; signed Helms-Burton law, xviii; and Mas Canosa, 38; people-to-people contacts policy, 45, 131–32, 147, 182; signed TSRA, 46, 167; wet foot/dry foot policy, 21, 48 Club Med, 103 CMEA. See Council for Mutual Economic Assistance Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba (CAFC), 18, 50, 53, 57 Compañía Azucarera Internacional, 88, 89, 94 Compañía Fiduciaria S.A., 104 Cooperative production agreements: dif­ ferences between AECEs and, 82–83; virtual elimination of, 84, 85, 95; promotion of, 82; suppliers for hard currency stores, 94 Coralsa, 166 Corporación Habanos, 88, 89, 124, 166 Corporación Interamericana de Telecomunicaciones (CITEL), 107 Corporación Nacional de Cítricos, 107 Costa Crociere, 118 Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), xv CPI. See Centro de Promoción de Inversiones Cuba: exposure of foreign banks, 122–24; end of circulation of U.S. dollar...

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