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All the symptoms suggest that Castroism is passing through a period of change. Such expressions as "this has to change" or 'something has got to happen" or "things can't go on like this' can be heard from many different quarters. I am not referring to isolated comments coming from people who are opposed to the regime but to expressions of discouragement made by individuals connected to the power structure — people who are close to Castro but who are aware that the decline of Cuban society in almost all its aspects has become intolerable. The most concerned and revealing voice is probably that of the former deputy economy minister Manuel Sanchez Perez, who defected in Madrid in December 1985. Among other things, he says that not a single one of the 50 ministers and 250 deputy ministers in the cabinet takes an optimistic view of the ability of the system to overcome the serious problems affecting Cuban society.

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11783-3_10

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