Cancelled Classes: A Virtual Conversation with Professor Nadève Ménard on Haiti's Current Situation 

Join Professor Nadève Ménard of the Ecole Normale Supérieure at the l'Université d'Etat d'Haïti for a luncheon discussion of Haiti’s political situation and its impact on education in the country. Professor Ménard will provide an overview of the current situation and the consequences these disruptions have had on lower, secondary, and university education.

Conflict over the tenure of Haitian president Jovenel Moise represents a critical moment for Haitian democratic society. The discussion brings together a panel of homegrown experts, each with a distinct disciplinary perspective, to discuss the Moise power grab, the opposition reaction, and the future of democracy in Haiti.

For more information about each of the panelists’ research and their respective institutions:

Chantalle Verna, Ph.D. (NC '96)

Just five years ago, in March of 2016, Barrack Obama visited Cuba as the first sitting president to do so since 1928. This historic event culminated a diplomatic process that included an easing of certain elements of the embargo that allowed for more US investment, travel to the island by US citizens, and an updated immigration policy.

In this talk, Laura-Zoë Humphreys contextualizes the current 27N protest movement within a longer history of Cuban artists and intellectuals' effort to counter censorship and negotiate a new relationship between dissidents and revolutionaries and between Cubans on the island and the diaspora.

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At the beginning of 2021, the Cuban economy finds itself in very precarious conditions. The presentation analyzes recent macroeconomic trends in Cuba with a focus on GDP growth, merchandise and service trade patterns, the external debt, and the country’s overall financial situation. It also identifies systemic problems and external factors that negatively affect the overall performance of the Cuban economy. On the internal front, Cuba continues to suffer from all the inefficiencies, red tape, and distortions of its state-dominated and overly centralized economy.

At the beginning of 2021, the Cuban economy finds itself in very precarious conditions. The presentation analyzes recent macroeconomic trends in Cuba with a focus on GDP growth, merchandise and service trade patterns, the external debt, and the country’s overall financial situation. It also identifies systemic problems and external factors that negatively affect the overall performance of the Cuban economy. On the internal front, Cuba continues to suffer from all the inefficiencies, red tape, and distortions of its state-dominated and overly centralized economy.

One of the earliest highlights of the 2020 election results was the unexpectedly conservative vote in Miami-Dade county. Cuban-Americans in South Florida across generations backed Trump with unprecedented vigor and excitement and played a crucial role in securing the state for the Republican candidate. What was it about Trump's political rhetoric and public personality that appealed so specifically to this constituency that had been trending to the left in recent years? Dr.

Learn more about the Cuban and Caribbean Institute’s flagship study abroad program. Summer in Cuba is open to Tulane and non-Tulane undergraduate students from all years and majors. Plus, Public Health majors have a unique opportunity to earn credits abroad with the Public Health in Cuba track.

One event featuring two presentations on the migrations of the Vodou religion.