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Article: After Castro, will Cuba's communist regime survive?(BOOKS)

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September 7, 2003
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Byline: Roger Fontaine, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Will Cuba's communist regime survive the passing of the brothers Castro? Probably not. Will Cuba then soon emerge as a stable and liberal democracy? Same answer.

But why shouldn't it? Cuba has a hardworking and talented people who with the assistance of the Cuban Diaspora, should undo in no time 50 years of economic idiocy, with or without the help of the United States and the European Union.

Already there are stories of returning emigres planning to open car rental agencies and establishing McDonald's franchises the morning after. Cuba, it would seem, is doomed to success.

Well, ...

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