ABSTRACT
The subject of normalizing economic relations between Cuba and the United States tends to provoke extreme reactions whenever it is discussed in either country. For many in Cuba, any link between the two countries represents a threat because it is associated with a chain of concessions that affect sovereignty or a reversion to the past. Others presume that they would have to confront an avalanche of U.S. tourists and merchandise for which Cuba lacks the necessary infrastructure and technical-cultural capacity, and that they would face potential dislocation of the Island’s economic and social policies.
