ABSTRACT
Over the last decade, Cuba has engaged economic globalization on its own terms (Castro, 2000), undertaking two significant efforts in that respect. The first seeks to develop an alternative basis for inter-governmental management of trade through the Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) (Backer and Molina Roman, 2010). The second seeks an alternative basis for the organization of economic activity. These human rights norms represent a growing international consensus, and many were adopted or endorsed with Cuba’s approval, including Cuba’s participation in the 2011 UN Human Rights Council endorsement of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Backer, 2006b).
