Fidel Castro’s resigning [Archives:2008/1131/Letters to the Editor]

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February 21 2008

Paul Kokoski
Ontario. Canada

World influence in the transition Cuba will face now that Fidel Castro's rule has come to an end should be decidedly geared towards the implementation of a new democracy with free and fair elections.

Cuba's present communist government falsely presents itself as the authentic spokesman for the aspirations of the people, and claims to be able, though by recourse to violent means, to bring about the radical changes which will put an end to the oppression and misery of people.

Marxist communism, is characterized by the “class struggle”” which implies that society is founded on violence. Within this perspective