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...Cuba, by contrast, have brought home to me only that the country's agony lies in its proximity to the world. Nearly everyone in Cuba has close relatives in the U.S., 90 miles away, and the opportunity, increasingly, to meet (and mate) with visitors from Toronto and Madrid. Fidel Castro, if only out of shrewdness, has decreed that no school or street may be named after the living (hence Che Guevara is ubiquitous), and insofar as he has developed a personality cult, has done so mostly by default: revealing almost nothing about himself, and letting speculation do the rest. Where...
...opposite directions. American and Cuban officials are talking to each other -- albeit on a narrowly defined agenda -- for the first time since last December. At week's end they seemed to be drawing near a preliminary deal under which the U.S. would let more Cubans immigrate legally and Fidel Castro would stanch the flow of rafters...
...Cuban diplomats began talks in New York City on migration issues, more Cubans boarded jerry-built boats to flee starvation in their homeland. Washington proposed an agreement under which the U.S. would accept some 20,000 legal immigrants annually (up from about 2,700 last year). In return, Fidel Castro's regime would take further steps to deter unsafe rafters from departing Cuba. The 16,000 Cubans now at Guantanamo naval base would have to take their place on a waiting list, meaning they would not enter the U.S. for many years...
...flood of despondent people like Jorge pouring out of Cuba ought to herald an epochal end for Fidel Castro. For the first time in 35 years, his rule has begun to look genuinely at risk. Anger at the island's deteriorating economy is growing rapidly, and if something is not done fairly soon to make life easier, people's desperation could reach the combustion point. But a visit to the island shows little evidence of imminent revolt. For now, Fidel faces no organized opposition. Despite their open verbal attacks on Castro and the communist system, the discontented seem readier...
Cubans have never expressed their discontent more openly or across such a broad spectrum. Many now speak frankly of their frustration with the entire communist system -- and even with Fidel. Well aware that a local official of the omnipresent Committees for the Defense of the Revolution is listening, a bitter young professional says, "I hate Fidel. I think everyone hates Fidel." An elderly woman confirms that the sentiment is not limited to the young: "People who were with him a year ago are against...