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Push for Change, Not Continuity, in Cuba

Restrictions Keep U.S. from Assisting Cubans on Their Path to Freedom

By Dan Restrepo | January 26, 2007

With Fidel Castro seemingly teetering on the edge of death for the last six months, those within his regime seeking continuity have found the oddest of allies in their endeavor -- the U.S. government.

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This article was originally published in The Charlotte Observer.

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