Farid Kahhatt holds a Ph. D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and MA from the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru, where he is Senior Professor in the Social Sciences Department.
Las sanciones resultan contraproducentes porque proveen al régimen de una coartada para evadir sus responsabilidades y, al empobrecer al cubano medio, lo hacen aún más dependiente del Estado. Publicado previamente en openDemocracy. English.
Sanctions backfired because they provided the regime with an excuse to shun its responsibilities, and impoverishing the average Cuban made him altogether more state dependent. Español.