Comments on: Raúl’s Turn at the Helm http://essays.ssrc.org/changeincuba/2008/02/29/raul%e2%80%99s-turn-at-the-helm/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:57:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Miguel Centeno http://essays.ssrc.org/changeincuba/2008/02/29/raul%e2%80%99s-turn-at-the-helm/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Miguel Centeno Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:20:20 +0000 http://essays.ssrc.org/changeincuba/2008/02/29/raul%e2%80%99s-turn-at-the-helm/#comment-5 Yep. I was wrong. But I think Raul has surprised quite a few people. Miguel Centeno Yep. I was wrong. But I think Raul has surprised quite a few people.

Miguel Centeno

]]> By: Walter Lippmann http://essays.ssrc.org/changeincuba/2008/02/29/raul%e2%80%99s-turn-at-the-helm/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Walter Lippmann Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:51:54 +0000 http://essays.ssrc.org/changeincuba/2008/02/29/raul%e2%80%99s-turn-at-the-helm/#comment-4 It's remarkable how short a span many people's memories have. We always have Andres Oppenheimer's 1992 book, CASTRO'S FINAL HOUR, for example. Then we have Miguel Angel Centeno, who wrote, "The only certainty at this juncture is that Fidel's departure will signal the end of the regime. It is difficult to imagine that large parts of the population would not use the occasion to demonstrate their discontent." Source: "Cuba's Search for Aternatives," in Migue Angel Centeno and Mauricio Font, eds. Toward a New Cuba: Legacies of a Revolution, London: Lynne Reiner Publishers, 1997, p. 16. Walter Lippmann Los Angeles, California It’s remarkable how short a span many people’s memories have. We always have Andres Oppenheimer’s 1992 book, CASTRO’S FINAL HOUR, for example.

Then we have Miguel Angel Centeno, who wrote,

“The only certainty at this juncture is that Fidel’s departure will signal
the end of the regime. It is difficult to imagine that large parts of the
population would not use the occasion to demonstrate their discontent.”

Source: “Cuba’s Search for Aternatives,” in Migue Angel Centeno and
Mauricio Font, eds. Toward a New Cuba: Legacies of a Revolution, London:
Lynne Reiner Publishers, 1997, p. 16.

Walter Lippmann
Los Angeles, California

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