A day or so ago, I found this great memo written in Cuba about Raúl Castro's decision to extend his term just a little bit longer.  It was originally written in Spanish, but my amigos in Babalu translated it for us. The Cuban writer raises the idea that there is something going on in Cuba and that Raúl is under pressure to stay.  This is the translation: On the morning of 21 December 2017, it became known in the international media that "the Cuban Parliament" – whose most outstanding feature is not having decided anything at all in its more than 40 years of existence – has "just decided" to extend the presidential mandate of General Raúl Castro until 19 April 2018. The real reasons for making a decision that implies another unfulfilled promise on the part of the elderly [g]eneral – who had promised to leave the country's [p]residency on 24 February 2018 – is a mystery, given that the supposed...(Read Full Post)