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JOHNS, Melissa. Foreign Investment in Cuba: Assessing the Legal Landscape. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2003, vol.36, n.106, pp.35-63. ISSN 2448-4873.

After the fall of soviet socialism and the economic liberalization of China and Vietnam, Cuba has been forced to transform in a radical way its economy, mostly in relation to the treatment given to foreing investment. The aim of this article is to analyse the possibilities and conditions of direct foreign investment in Cuba, and the risks involved, considering that there is still considerable resistence in the island to open-up the economy. In the first section of the essay, the author explains the economic and international context which has forced the transformation of Cubas economy. In the second section, she explains the most important legal reforms that have affected foreign investment in that country. Thirdly, she analyses the risks that foreign investors still have to face in the island. Fourthly, she studies the impact that legal reforms on this matter have had on the Cuban society. And finally, she compares the legal framework of foreign investment in Cuba and Vietnam.

Palavras-chave : foreign investment; economic liberalization; trade liberalization; economic reform.