"Cuba recycling: 'A question of survival'"
That was the headline on a story about how after 48 years of a glorious socialist revolution, Cubans "(f)aced with chronic shortages, meager salaries and the United States' economic embargo ... have mastered the art of recycling. The socialist government promotes the practice as a way to save the planet. But for most Cubans, it's more about saving themselves."
It also could have been a headline for a Miami Herald story this morning about who's in and who's out of Dictatorship, Version 2.0.
Apparently, Vice President Carlos Lage, considered an economic "reformer," is in tight with Raul, leading to speculation that changes previously blocked by Fidel are on the way. But Lage himself cautions that what he favors is just recycled communism.
''Socialism in Cuba is irreversible . . . because with our efforts yesterday and today, we make it irreversible,'' he said in a speech last month. ``In Cuba, there will be no succession; there will be continuity.''
A question of survival, indeed.
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