“The departure of Raúl Castro from the presidency will mean very little for Cuba. General Castro will remain secretary general of the Communist Party and leader of the military. Political power in Cuba rests in the hands of the politburo, while economic power rests in the hands of Gaesa and its president, Luis Alberto López-Callejas, …
On December 1, 1961, barely seven months after the defeat of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Castro announced to the world that he was leading a Communist revolution: “I am a Marxist-Leninist and shall remain a Marxist-Leninist until the day I die.” Following this announcement Castro began to build a totalitarian state. Lenin’s idea of …
Is Raul Castro leaving power? This is the topic of a deceiving question in a major Miami newspaper, based on the false premise that by February 24, 2018, a younger generation of Cubans headed by the appointed president Miguel Diaz-Canel will begin to rule Cuba. He is expected to lead the Communist regime to political …
At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962, the United States had decisive nuclear superiority over the Soviet Union. This country had more than 400 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) compared to 78 ICBMs in the Soviet arsenal. The huge strategic advantage also included the sophisticated Polaris submarines with a devastating nuclear punch …
The inexorable breakdown of the communist dynastic succession in Cuba is expected as a payback of the criminal ideological catastrophe. There is no way out for this failed system. The incoherent, irrational dogma has been a failure. Communism is doomed. In this context, Cuba has a possible renaissance as a pluralistic democracy. The role of …
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General Raul Castro and Miguel Diaz Canel. The Domestic Scene The limited economic changes introduced by Gen. Raul Castro in Cuba encouraged some observers to proclaim the end of communism and the dismantling of the totalitarian system in the island. Notwithstanding Raul Castro’s own statements that he was not elected to restore capitalism, these observers …
Aware of the fragility of dynastic succession, General Raul Castro is placing his trusted generals in full control of the three Strategic Regions of the Cuban Armed Forces. This is an exercise to facilitate succession through a Military Junta. Hurricane Irma severely damaged the electrical, water, housing, transportation, agricultural and tourism infrastructures. To deal with …
