The End of Fidelismo. Why Everything is Possible Now. By LILLIAN GUERRA

Lillian Guerra
Tue, 06 Dec 2016 05:00:47 +0000
Features, FROM THE DECEMBER ISSUE, democratization, Fidel Castro, migration, Trump, U.S. Cuban relations

As 24-hour-celebrations exploded among Cubans of all generations in South Florida with the news of Fidel Castro’s death this past Thanksgiving weekend, the Cuban state’s nine-day-long, meticulously orchestrated plan of national mourning presented a striking contrast. While the international media struggled to balance images of self-identified revolutionaries’ public displays of genuine grief with other islanders’ …