Organizer: Latin American Institute, University of New Mexico
Faculty Guide: Nelson P. Valdes, Sociology Department, UNM
Total Cost of Tour: $975
The Latin American Institute at the University of New Mexico will
conduct a ten day field research seminar in Havana and Matanzas
provinces on the present changes in the Cuban economy with special
attention given to foreign and mixed enterprises. The seminar is
designed to introduce faculty and graduate students to a variety of
academics, social science institutes, corporations, policy advisers and
analysts, business people and trade unions. The seminar will be
conducted in Spanish, although some of the presentations will be
in English. The seminar should be of interest to University faculty who
teach courses on Latin America, Economics, Business Administration and
Political Science.
The seminar has been designed and coordinated by Nelson P. Valdes
(Director of the Latin America Data Base and Sociology Professor at
the University of New Mexico) who will conduct the seminar in Cuba.
The academic facilitator in Cuba will be the Centro de Estudios sobre
America (CEA), with extensive experience on academic seminars. Formal
lectures by invited guests from academia, the public and private sectors,
will be given on a daily basis. Visits will be made to research
centers, mixed enterrpises and foreign corporations.
Participants will pay $975, which covers all in-country costs, including
breakfast, lunch and dinner, lodging, and all transportation inside Cuba
related to seminar activities, and the Cuban visa. The airport charge
in Miami is not included. Reading material will be provided before the tour.
There will be a minimum of 15 participants and a maximum of 20. The
group will stay for 10 days in Cuba. The participants will stay at Villa
Eulalia a beautiful mansion on 5th Avenue run by the Ministry of Education.
Villa Eulalia provides a private and lush home environment rather than a
hotel milieu, it has a friendly and efficient staff. Participants will
have double occupancy. Seven days will be spent in Havana. We will stay at
a four-star mixed enterprise hotel at Varadero for three days. There
we will visit a number of mixed enterprises. Half a day will be spent
at Santa Cruz del Norte - a town that has the Havana Club Rum distillery,
a major sugar mill, and a developing tourism industry. We will meet
there with municipal government officials. Individual research needs and
interests should be arranged by participants before arrival.
The group will depart from Miami: May 23, 1994 (Monday), at 9:30am
[You should arrive in Miami the night before] Departure from Havana:
June 1, 1994 (Wednesday). Charter Airline Company (Miami-Havana):
Marazul Charters. The LAI will make your visa arrangements. Participants
will arrange their travel to Miami and Miami to Havana and back.
Marazul charges $225 round trip Miami - Havana. [Marazul can be
reached at 1-800-223-5334. Ask for Bob Guild].
Deadline for Application: April 15, 1994. At that time you should send
a xerox copy of your passport with your photograph and passport number.
Do not send your passport. A non-refundable deposit of $125.00 is due
by the deadline of April 15, 1994. Check or money order payable to
Latin American Institute. Final Payment of $850 due on April 30, 1994.
For further information or to receive a detailed program call
Laura Middlebrooks at 505-277-2961.
Application for the Latin American Institute
Cuban Economy Research Seminar
Name (as it appears in passport):
Passport Number:
Location and Date where Passport was issued:
Telephone(s):
Address:
Birthdate:
Place of Birth:
Profession:
Current Employment:
Highest Academic Degree, University and Year:
List Professional Interest Relevant to Seminar:
Level of Spanish Proficiency:
None___ Begining___ Intermediate___ Advanced___
Have you visited Cuba before?___
Reason?:
Attach small passport photo with the application.
Mail checks to:
Latin American Institute
Cuba Research Seminar Tour
801 Yale NE
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
87131-1016
LAI phone: 505-277-2961 LAI fax: 505-277-5989