From The Christian Science Monitor:
Former revolutionary leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro, may claim he was misinterpreted by a US reporter last week when he stated that the Cuban model no longer works. But his words were bolstered Monday when Cuban authorities announced the biggest economic shift in decades: Half a million state workers will be laid off by next year and more private enterprise will be tolerated. [full story]It seems there is a natural balance point between Cuban-style authoritarianism and anarchy... and the pendulum simply can't rest at either extreme.