Date: Thursday 26th February at 3pm GMT.
Online Virtual Event with Leading Advisors Ricardo Torres-Perez and Robert Muse
from Washington DC.
Given the current grave economic situation in Cuba and rife speculation on the intentions of the Trump Administration following the unprecedented intervention by the US in Venezuela last month, the Cuba Initiative will be hosting an online round-table next Thursday 26th February at 3pm GMT.
The Round-table will provide an overview of the situation in Cuba and assess the different potential scenarios for the short and medium term and the calculations and desired end-games of the US and Cuban sides.
We are delighted to be joined for the Roundtable by two experienced commentators and advisors in Washington DC:
- Ricardo Torres-Perez, Research fellow and Adjunct Professor at the American University and publisher of Cuba Economic Review
- Robert Muse, Law Offices of Robert L. Muse
The event will be held under Chatham House Rules and will be strictly open to members only. Following presentations by our two speakers, there will be an opportunity for Q&A and general discussion.
If you would like to attend, please register using the following link and a TEAMS meeting invitation will be sent out to you. The event will last approximately 75 minutes.
How to Join:
We have limited space available – Kindly confirm your attendance by emailing the team at: team@caribbean-council.org. We will send you a link to join the meeting. We hope you can join us.
Biography
Ricardo Torres-Pérez is a research fellow and adjunct professor at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University in Washington DC, where he is now leading a network of emerging Cuban scholars. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Havana and was a professor at the Centro de Estudios de la Economía Cubana.
He has received fellowships from Harvard University, Columbia University, American University, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, and Finland’s Central Bank. He has published several books and articles in international journals. He was the chief editor of the series “Miradas a la economía cubana ”. He is also part of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cuban Studies. He has testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission and is frequently cited in print and broadcast media. He develops his research around economic development and system reform, in Cuba and Latin America.
Robert Muse
Based in Washington, D.C., for over thirty years Robert Muse has provided clients with legal counsel centered on BIS export and OFAC licensing and compliance issues regarding U.S. laws and regulations relating to Cuba. He has written widely and testified on U.S. laws relating to Cuba before the U.S. Congress; the Canadian House of Commons; the U.S. International Trade Commission and the European Parliament. Among his many publications are the chapter on U.S.-Cuba sanctions in the book, Cuba: A Legal Guide to Business (Thomson Reuters); the chapter on the Cuban embargo in the multi-volume encyclopaedia, Cuba; U.S. Presidential Action on Cuba: The New Normalization? (Council of the Americas, Americas Quarterly 2014); The Nationality of Claims Principle of Public International Law and the Helms-Burton Act, (University of California, Hastings International and Comparative Law Review); A Public International Law Critique of the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of the Helms-Burton Act, (George Washington University, Journal of International Law and Economics).
He has spoken at many universities about U.S. law and policy regarding Cuba, including Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, Fordham, and the Universities of California, Georgia, North Carolina and Havana. Before beginning legal studies at Georgetown and practicing in Washington, D.C., he was called to the bar of England and Wales as a barrister-at-law (Middle Temple).