When two plus two equals three

摘要

When Cuba celebrated the anniversa-ry of its revolution at the end of last month with a mass rally in the central city of Holguin, a nearby building was draped with a gigantic picture of Fidel and Raul Castro thrusting their arms skyward under the words, "The Vigorous and Victorious Revolution Keeps Marching Forward." But this habitual triumphalism was in sharp contrast to the messages that Raul, installed as president last year in place of his ailing elder brother, put across in his speech to the crowd and in another this week to the National Assembly.