The Path of Democracy in Cuba
The Silver Bridge: Analysis of a necessary transition in Cuba
Armando Soler Hernández Havana, Cuba
For a fleeing enemy, set a Silver Bridge Old Castilian adage
The bomb
J ust imagine Cuba as one of these terrifying bombs with a digital clock marching backwards and pointing so to the increasingly scarce time to reach deflagration. The device is old, rusty, out of fashion, but it’ s still lethal. Its most virulent elements assemble the explosive charge. Because they are old, they are also only a few, but very unstable. However, there is little hope that, at the end, the expected implosion will not occur. The subordinate elements that would facilitate such outcome are many and even flexible. However, how to do it safely? It is already difficult to prevent the explosion, since the latter could happen by applying the slightest force. In short, it ' s an old bomb with malignant core and it can end up in pieces. How to disarm this outdated device, so far with irreversible guide toward dissolution? Will their secondary
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A contemporary example Would it be possible a peaceful transition in Cuba? Would the State take clear, precise and unequivocal institutional steps toward democracy for getting rid of the heavy burden of totalitarianism and militarism that has delayed the progress, so that the Cuban nation can achieve the normality according to the international standards? Nothing seems to indicate it nowadays. We are facing an old military leadership that spent too much time in the uncontrolled exercise of absolute power over an ignored mass of civilians. However, with good will and vision, it would not be an insurmountable obstacle. As an example of the course to
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