By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--November 26, 2016
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The celebration in Miami after the death of Fidel Castro. @USATODAY pic.twitter.com/xWl1lbwfsC
— Alan Gomez (@alangomez) November 26, 2016
With Fidel now gone, a lingering question may now be answered: Did the weight of his legacy hold Raúl back, preventing him from substantially dismantling the cherished system his brother had constructed? Or were the slow, halting steps toward change a reflection of Raúl’s own desire to insert new life into the ailing Cuban economy — without weakening the structures of state power?
Roberto Veiga, director of Cuba Posible, an organization based in Havana that promotes political dialogue, said that Fidel’s passing would “deeply affect people” on the island, but it would not change the course of the country. “It will have an emotional impact,” Mr. Veiga said. “It will have a political impact. But it won’t have any impact on how the country is governed.”Time will tell if Raul has any actual interest changing Cuba's course, or if his dalliance with Barack Obama was just a wise play against a weak opponent. I suspect the latter, but we'll see. In the meantime, Fidel has been set up with his own private corner in hell. ...And that's good news, indeed.
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