I agree....however, Phil may be a bit more correct...it's even possible the this Raul guy could be worse.
I was fortunate to hear this author for an hour today. He said things have been run by the army since Castro's stroke ca. 2003, that Raul is nothing.
Amusing dissertation on Khruschev revealing how unhinged he found Castro to be when Fidel kept pressuring him to launch missiles on the U.S.
Fontava said Fidel sent Che to Bolivia to have him hit there with deniability, that Che was no longer useful.
I would say anyone surviving in the Cuban elite for five decades is complicit in the 100,000 murders and not apt to institute democratic reforms.