Word: castro
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...been said that totalitarianism is dead when a shopkeeper hangs and ant-government sign in his storefront window without fear of repercussion. Although Cub has not yet reached that stage, it is rapidly approaching it. Indeed, open criticism of Fidel Castro has now spread beyond the radio stations and restaurants of Miami to the crowded streets of Havana...
...unprecedented riots along the Malecon this August (according to The New Republic, over 500 remain in jail on charges of "rebellion") and the mass exodus that followed it are incredible signs that Castro's power is threatened for the first time in 35 years...
...prostitution industry is thriving despite the denial of its existence by the Castro regime, something that is particularly ironic in light of the fact that one of Castro's complaints in 1959 was the "selling" of Cuban women to foreigners. The legalizing for the dollar has created a two-tiered society of those with exiled relatives and those without...
...admission that there is a legal opposition and they are interested in talking to us," said Cernuda, "is a first step in the right direction." Nevertheless, the three exiles reported that nothing had been agreed upon, except that there would be more talks. That is not surprising. If Castro is a reluctant economic reformer, he is almost totally opposed to allowing any political opposition inside Cuba. In the past month, 30 human-rights activists have been imprisoned, according to Elizardo Sanchez, a Cuban dissident who heads a coalition of rights groups. Since Aug. 5, when Cubans shouted "Down with Castro...
American experts, unable to discern Castro's plan, wonder whether his fate will turn out to be like that of China's Deng Xiaoping or East Germany's Erich Honecker. Deng produced prosperity by pushing through liberal economic reforms while holding tight to hard-line communist political control. Honecker denied the need for reform and was swept away by a vast national upheaval. Castro probably identifies more closely with Deng, who succeeded while remaining a communist. But Castro is striving to avoid basic reforms, making it more likely that he could end up like Honecker, a diehard and a failure...