Castro put the supposed dissidents in jail because he needed currency to deal with the world nations confronting him on the democracy issues. It is relatively easy for castro to find this currency, it comes in the form of human lives plucked from the people he claims to serve.
He is willing to kill them all to get his way. It is a game of chicken. And castro always wins, the US and EU always blink and wind up acquiescing. Obama, McCain, neither one will be any better than the last 20 presidents castro has put in his rear view mirror. The Miami exiles will continue to allow castro to sacrifice the Cubans while they live their now great lives in Miami.
Those who say democracy has to come from within are copping out, although I do not mind complete sovereignty. There isn’t much left within, too many have left.
