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NOVANEWS By Arnold August In my previous article, titled “The End of Ideology in Cuba?,” I created a fair amount of controversy in stating, “I have always maintained that the most dangerous opposition to the Cuban Revolution comes from the so-called left, and not from the openly right Plattists, or annexationists.” The majority of readers praised the article; many others participated in the serious debate; and only a couple very strongly objected to it, mainly singling out that particular sentence. Thus, let us deconstruct the perception. It mentions the “openly right Plattists, or annexationists.” This means that there exists in Cuba both the openly pro-U.S. opposition and the hidden annexationists. The latter comprises these so-called “leftists.” Their narratives are carefully...

NOVANEWS Fidel Castro, former president and leader of the Cuban revolution, died in November at age 90. | Photo: Reuters. "There is no alternative, nor a historical need to change systems, I do not think anything of what the enemies of Castroism are hoping for." Fidel Castro’s legacy and the power of the Cuban Revolution will live on, prominent Russian historian Nikolai Sergeyevich Leonov — who once served as Fidel Castro's interpreter during the late Cuban revolutionary's visit to the Soviet Union in 1963 — told EFE in a recent interview. OPINION: The World Must Learn From Cuba Leonov, who wrote a book on Raul Castro’s personal life, recalled that "Cuba never reduced the importance of education, science and technology, even in the special period." "Fidel did not close off a single...