Abstract

The New Men of Cuba

The decision-making process in Cuba seems always to involve these elements: (1) A need of sentiment expressed, or perhaps as yet unarticulated, by a group of people; (2) a crisis, such as a hurricane, or maybe only an incident, which brings together the people and dictator Fidel Castro, who is always on the move around Cuba; (3) an illumination resulting from the interplay between the people and Fidel, each concentrated upon the particular concrete problem exposed by the crisis or incident; (4) a plan of action formulated generally by Fidel, who is a very spontaneous thinker and talker. What the future will bring to the Isle of Youth, and to Cuba, may be envisioned in the outlines of the planners and dreamers. But there are always revolutions in the revolution, always changes, always outside interferences, always such practical puzzles as to how the Isle of Youth will work out its economic and social relationship to Cuba, and Cuba its relationship to the world around.