HAVANA MEETS GUIDO: TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS IN POST-CASTRO CUBA

GREGORY M. SCHECHTMAN

Contents
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PREFACE III
ABSTRACT IV
CUBA IN CONTEXT 1
U.S. - Cuban Interplay 1
Cuban National Power Structure 2
Fidel Castro 2
Fidelistas: Hardliners, Reformers and the Moderates 4
The Military 5
Cuba's significance to the U.S. today 6
Political Importance 7
Geostrategic Importance 8
An Un-Civil Society on the Brink 9
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: A GROWING THREAT 12
Nailing Down Transnational Criminal Organizations 12
Globalization and Transnational Crime 14
Fertile Ground: Exacerbating Factors 16
Operating Style 16
Government Factors 17
Economic Factors 18
CUBA AFTER THE FALL: A TCO HAVEN? 20
Into the Abyss: The Demise of Cuba's Cult of Personality 20
Not All Windows Of Opportunity Are Clean 22
Communism's Legacy: A Criminal Garden 22
Economic Investment: A Two Sided Coin 23
‘It's Just Business!" … Encroaching Criminal Activities 24
Narcotics 25
Money......

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