| ID | 122123 |
| Title Proper | Change by attrition |
| Other Title Information | the revolution dies hard |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rodiles, Antonio G |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Five years ago, hopes were high among Cuba watchers when Raúl Castro officially succeeded Fidel. There was particularly intense speculation about who would be named the next first vice president of the Council of State. Bets focused on two candidates: Carlos Lage Dávila, a bureaucrat in his late fifties, and José Ramón Machado Ventura, an apparatchik in his late seventies who had been a captain in the guerrilla war that brought the revolution to power in 1958. Which of the two men was chosen, observers theorized, would suggest Raúl Castro's orientation over the next five years and give a clue about whether Cuba's course would be Raulista (reformist) or Fidelista (status quo). |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.2; Jul-Aug 2013: p.19-27 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 176, No.2; Jul-Aug 2013: p.19-27 |
| Key Words | Cuba ; Raul Castro ; Reformist ; Guerrilla War ; United Nations Human Rights ; United States ; Barack Obama |