Cuba? Communist Island Idyll OR oppressive experiment in collectivism gone awry? Also, what do you think will happen when Castro dies? Will a Cuban Glastnost occur or will things remain frosty with the USA's nearest communist neighboring state?

G'day Debsmooth,

Thank you for your question.

Cuba has one of the worst records on human rights in Latin America over the past 40 years. Estimates of people killed in the period after the revolution range between 5,000 and 12,000. Cuba continues to deny basic human rights.

As for things post-Fidel, Raul Castro seems firmly in charge and he is known as a hardliner. Further, the Cuban Government will receive assistance from Chavez in Venezuela and its financial situation is not as dire as it was ten years ago. While I hope things will improve for the long suffering Cubans, I am not optimistic.

I have attached sources for your reference.

Regards

Human Rights in Cuba
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Cuba
Time Magazine August 6 2006
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1223370,00.html
Amnesty International
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/cuba/document.do?id=ar&yr=2005
The End of the Rule of Law (March 1959)
http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/castro_year1/castroyr1.ruleoflaw.html

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