Havana Sells Diplomatic Ties as Victory for Cuban Socialism

The reestablishment of relations between Washington and Havana comes as Cuba is still struggling to recover from an economic crisis that began in the 1990s with the collapse of its patron, the Soviet Union. But supporters of the Castro regime reject the assertion that Cuban communism is weak. "Perhaps some dreamers or others, who are superficial, think this will be the end of socialism, and think that with the demise of the historic generation, socialism in Cuba is over,”...

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