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The Sequence of a Transition for Cuba

To date, those who rule Cuba have reaffirmed their decision to sacrifice themselves, which in practice translates into their decision to sacrifice us all.

By Reinaldo Escobar (14ymedio)

HAVANA TIMES — The urgency of profound change in Cuba is so obvious that all transition proposals resemble one another in their essentials. With differences mainly in tone — whether moderate, academic, or radical — everyone tends to arrive at the same conclusions: freedom for political prisoners, the decriminalization of political dissent, economic opening, a balance between justice and reconciliation, a new Constitution, and, of course, multiparty elections.

It would be pretentious to claim that I have read every proposal — there are so many!  And that is a good thing. But what I find missing is the sequence expressed with a........

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