
Commentary / World Mar 22, 2016
The big news is how little will change in Cuba
by Gwynne Dyer
The Castro regime will likely survive unless the U.S. finally ends its economic embargo and exposes Cuba to the full force of international capitalism.
The big news is how little will change in Cuba
The Castro regime will likely survive unless the U.S. finally ends its economic embargo and exposes Cuba to the full force of international capitalism.
Without a strong economic impact, America's opening to Cuba will not make even a small contribution to political liberalization on the island.
Will Cuba's path lead to authoritarian capitalism?
To believe that the Obama-initiated rapprochement with Cuba would help to usher in open politics there amounts to learning no lesson from the mistake the U.S. made on China since President Richard Nixon's 1972 Beijing visit.