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This concluding chapter provides the rationale, outline, and key points of each chapter. It reflects on whether recent developments in Cuba-U.S. relations represent fundamental shifts in the relationship and in the global political economy and outlines the implications of these unfolding developments for CARICOM and Cuba-CARICOM relations. The chapter ends with some policy recommendations.
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Laguardia Martinez, J., Chami, G., Montoute, A., Mohammed, D.A. (2020). Conclusion. In: Changing Cuba-U.S. Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20366-5_11
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