Notes from the Editors, October 2006
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» Notes from the EditorsFidel Castro's illness in August has nurtured the hopes of Miami-based Cuban émigrés and the U.S. ruling class that a "transition in Cuba" will soon be possible. It is often implied that this is a question of a transition to "democracy" and "free elections." However, what is actually being planned in Washington, as part of a decades-long strategy, is an immediate transition back to capitalism in Cuba—at whatever the cost to the Cuban peopleThis article can also be found at the Monthly Review website, where most recent articles are published in full.
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