Harvard Professor Jorge I. Domínguez Speaks on
U.S. Embargo on Cuba

STU Law School launched its 2009-2010 Distinguished Speaker Series Thursday, October 8 with a talk by renowned Harvard Professor Jorge I. Domínguez on How to Think About the U.S. Embargo on Cuba. The U.S. embargo has served at various times in its half-century history as the “moderate alternative” to the U.S. use of force against Cuba. According to Dr. Dominguez, it has never been a single policy but rather a bundle of policies. And now, the future of the various strands of the U.S. embargo is uncertain. Professor Domínguez explored both the historic role of the embargo in advancing U.S. foreign policy since President’s Kennedy’s term and the Mariel boatlift, as well as its current status in bringing about regime change in Cuba.

Professor Domínguez is Antonio Madero Professor of Mexican and Latin American Politics and Economics at Harvard University. He is also Vice Provost for International Affairs and Senior Advisor for International Studies to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and one of the nation’s foremost experts on Cuba.

Mark your calendar for the series’ next conference, November 3, 2009, with Dr. Monroe H. Freedman, Professor at Hofstra University School of Law, discussing Lawyers’ Ethics and the Constitution.