Table of Contents

Foreword — Too Interconnected to Be Unravelled, by Keith Ellis

Preface — This Book Comes into Being

Introduction — Not One Iota, by Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada

1. Historical/Political Context: From the Thirteen Colonies to the Early Obama Era
   • The Origins and Development of U.S. Democracy Promotion
   • U.S. Cuba Policy: 1783–1820s
   • Imperialism and Democracy in Cuba
   • Two Visions of Democracy: The U.S. vs. Fidel Castro
   • Brazil: Democracy, Libya, Selective History and the African-American President
   • Obama in Chile: Pinochet and Cuba

2. Debate in Cuba Following Re-establishment of Diplomatic Relations, 2014–16
   • Where Are Cuba–U.S. Relations Heading?
   • Democracy and the Restoration of Cuba–U.S. Diplomatic Relations: Embassies in Havana and Washington on July 20, 2015
   • Cuba–U.S. Relations and Freedom of the Press
   • Cuba–U.S. Relations and the Perspicacity of Fidel Castro’s Thinking
   • What Obama Really Said about Cuba, Foreign Affairs and the U.S.
   • The White House National Security Agenda for Obama’s Visit to Cuba
   • Why Doesn’t Obama Use His Executive Power to Close Guantánamo Prison?
   • Obama’s Visit to Cuba and Human Rights
   • Obama in Cuba: Will the Visit Advance the U.S. Cultural War Against Cubans?
   • Obama in Cuba: How “Political Prisoners” Made the Media Headlines
   • Thoughts on Cuban Resistance to the U.S. Ideological/Political War

3. Interviews with Five of Cuba’s Leading Experts on Cuba–U.S. Relations
   • Jesús Arboleya Cervera
   • Esteban Morales Domínguez
   • Elier Ramírez Cañedo
   • Iroel Sánchez Espinosa
   • Luis Toledo Sande

4. Challenges for Cuba in 2017 and Beyond
   • Trump and Cuba
   • Does Pluralism Exist in Cuba?
   • From Tropical Hell to Trendy Hot Spot for Westerners
   • Cuba–Silicon Valley–Cuba: The Making of a Trojan Horse?
   • “Guantánamo Is Not on the Table”: U.S. Arrogance
   • U.S. Democracy Promotion in Cuba: As American as Apple Pie
   • U.S. Immigration Policy: As American as the American Dream
   • Cuban Participatory Democracy in 2016:
     • Where Were the Obama Administration and the U.S. Media?
   • The Communist Party as Leader vs. the People as Sovereign
   • Political Prisoners in Cuba: The List
   • Who Is Going to Win the Cultural War?

5. The Blockade: From Obama to Trump
   • The Blockade: What Is Brewing?
   • The Blockade as Leverage
   • The Blockade, Cigars and Rum: The Loopholes
   • The Powerful Anti-Blockade Forces: What Will Trump Do?
   • Concluding Remarks on the Blockade: “Hunger,” Privilege and Democracy Promotion

6. Fidel and the U.S.-Led Cultural Blitzkrieg on “Dictatorship”
   • What Is the Purpose?
   • Is This What Dictatorship Looks Like?
   • The Avatars
   • Fidel’s Passing Has Vitalized the Revolution
   • The Jury Is Still Out: What Will the Cuban People’s Verdict Be?

References

Index