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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 How to disarm this outdated device , so far with irreversible guide toward dissolution ?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

elements want to survive as spare parts ,
after being engaged until now in a
persistent
mechanism
that
was
conceived
to
work
in
only
one
direction ?
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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