Wow, I didn't see this coming. (Sarcasm off.) Raul Castro has replaced his brother as dictator of Cuba. Any hope, however dim, of reform in the impoverished nation has been dashed. The second in command is Jose Ramon Machado, like Raul, he's a veteran of the 1950s revolution that saw Fidel Castro assume power.
I'm just wondering if Cuba is going to end up like China, where the primary qualification for leadership once was being a veteran of the 1930s Long March. Only a painstakingly slow grim reaper allowed a new generation of ChiComms to take over.
As for the statue on the right, which I found in Cozumel, I imagine it will remain in place for a while--as long as the Communists misrule Cuba.
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