viernes, 22 de febrero de 2008

Sobre Fidel Castro

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Un par de recomendaciones de lectura, de textos de inicios del año pasado, pero que vale la pena revisar:

Fidel's Final Victory
Julia E. Sweig
Foreign Affairs, January/February 2007

Summary: The smooth transfer of power from Fidel Castro to his successors is exposing the willful ignorance and wishful thinking of U.S. policy toward Cuba. The post-Fidel transition is already well under way, and change in Cuba will come only gradually from here on out. With or without Fidel, renewed U.S. efforts to topple the revolutionary regime in Havana can do no good -- and have the potential to do considerable harm.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070101faessay86104/julia-e-sweig/fidel-s-final-victory.html

Was Fidel Good for Cuba? A Debate Between Carlos Alberto Montaner & Ignacio Ramonet
Foreign Policy, January/February 2007

Nearly 50 years after a small island nation embarked on one of history’s most radical social experiments, it’s time to measure the results. Does Fidel Castro’s exit offer Cubans a long-awaited chance for freedom and prosperity, or merely mark the end of an era in which Cuba saw unprecedented success? One of Castro’s harshest critics squares off with one of his foremost advocates.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3663

1 comentario:

Anónimo dijo...

Este "debate" es de lo más previsible. Si uno denuncia los presos de conciencia en Cuba, el otro saca Guantánamo; si uno habla de la prostitución en Cuba, de la doble moral comunista, entonces el otro responde: Estados Unidos tiene bases en Irak, tiene la doble moral de la democracia etc. Lo más divertido es que dirán la verdad ambos. Pero ya todo el mundo lo sabe, ¿cuál es el gusto de repetirlas? Quizá un gusto parecido al que da a algunos bailar al son de un ritmo repetido.