If Fidel Castro dies?

Question

What will the impact of Fidel's death be on politics between the US and Cuba, if any?

Answer 1

Nothing the power will be handed over to his brother Raul who is currently running the country anyhow and Cuba will continue to be a communist and follow in the same political ideals as it did under Fidel Castro.

Answer 2

It will be negative--but there will be some positive effects as well.

The negatives: When Castro dies, his brother Raoul will assume power. However, its Raoul, not Fidel, who is the real believer in Communism (unlike Raoul, Fidel did not start out as a communist, he adopted it only as a matter of convenience to get help from the USSR to defeat Batista--after the US refused to help him).

Given the problems with Chavez of Venezuela--what we will get is a closer relationship between the two--and an increase in anti-US rhetoric and policy there--and possibly elsewhere in Latin America.

The positives: The current policy--the embargo--is based on the self-delusion of the "old Guard" of the Cuban community--the aging supporters of Batista who think they will be able to "liberate" Cuba (read: return to power). And an equally deluded belief on the part of Bush--and other neocons--that when Fidel dies it will create a power vacuum in Cuba. When it turns out that Cuba has a stable and well-controlled government and doesn't suddenly "rise up" in the wake of Castro's death-and turns MORE anti-American--it will discredit these fantasies.

Then--finally, decades overdue, maybe we can starte developing a sane policy toward Cuba instead of pretending the problems (and those are real enough) will just go away if we ignore them long enough.

Answer 3

The newspaper reporter Just georgeous dahli who answered this question 4 hours ago and said it had just come across the national wire and CNN would be on it soon has caused me to watch CNN for 4 straight hours and they have not mentioned Fidel Castro. I want to know what national wire she's watching. I'm not saying if he's dead or not, but neither is CNN.

Answer 4

Cuban officials are working overtime forging their alliances with other Latin American countries. Basically, they are cementing their position and working to maintain the status quo. To America's dismay, the death of Fidel Castro may not be as big of a blow to the stability of the Cuban government as they anticipated.

Answer 5

It depends on what happens in Cuba afterwards. If his brother takes over & their policies remain the same, so will ours. If there are real changes in Cuba's policies, there will be changes in ours.

Answer 6

The democrats will declare a national day of mourning for their beloved Fidel.

Answer 7

Hopefully a pro democracy faction within the military take over and get rid of Raul. Raul is not popular at all, it would be Castrism without charismatic vaseline.

Answer 8

well his brother will take his place.i think that the US and Cuba will not be enemies in around 4-6 years

Answer 9

Probably very little. Raul Castro is already running things and it's doubtful they will hold any real open elections.

Answer 10

Raul is supposedly more dedicated to sustaining communism in Cuba than his big brother. Also, it is America who is equally to blame in sustaining the wall between the two nations. I don't belive it is Cuba who is stopping Americans from even vacationing in Cuba, but their own government is.