2012-05-24T14:56:30Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/cuba.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2006/08/13/LAT.html Aug 13, 2006 Aug 13, 2006

In sacrificing his country to advance his grandiose ambitions, Castro dealt a grievous blow to Cuban society. He has left the island exhausted, disillusioned, divided and with little hope of a better future — at least as long as he remains on the scene.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG111.html May 19, 2004 May 19, 2004

<p>Cuba&rsquo;s Fidel Castro&mdash;in his late seventies&mdash;is nearing the end of his political career. This report outlines the political, social, and economic challenges facing the successor government and the Cuban people.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF142.html Dec 31, 1997 Dec 31, 1997

Cuba and Lessons From Other Communist Transitions: A Workshop Report

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19941004.html Dec 31, 1993 Dec 31, 1993

<p>On the Soviet (now Russian) monitoring station on Cuba, and why the US has not made an issue out of it.</p>

http://www.rand.org/about/people/g/gonzalez_edward.html

<em>Consultant</em><br>Ph.D. in political science, University of California, Los Angeles