https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/12/07/saving-the-revolution/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 02:45:21 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Cohen, writing for the New York Times, describes the last gasp of Fidel&#8217;s revolution.  Cuba lives in a world where things run backwards. The Day of the Revolution began an irreversible entropy when cars started to run down, buildings began to crumble, homes began to decay and meals began to shrink. Inexorably, year by year. It was as if history ended in 1959 and began counting down to the 19th century. Now the 18th century is in view. The sea, once a highway, has become a prison.  It is illegal to own a boat. What naval forces exist are tasked with keeping the population in rather than keeping interlopers out. Even the all-powerful state has become a tatterdemalion: Cubans must navigate &#8220;a labyrinth of rations, regulations, two currencies and four markets&#8221; to eat, in a kind of Third Man Vienna where the scars of wartime never heal and the occupation never ends.]]>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:03:41 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/12/07/saving-the-revolution-n186740