Editorial: El Mundo

• The Cuban regime is entering a critical phase and is seeking to negotiate with Washington to avoid collapse.
• Cuba is experiencing an energy crisis, productive deterioration, massive emigration and erosion of internal legitimacy.
• There is a possibility that Raul Castro could be prosecuted for the downing of the Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996.
• The Cuban regime has lost much of its traditional external support.
• The United States is offering humanitarian aid through the Catholic Church, which is a political blow against the regime.

Conclusion: For the first time in many years, a window of opportunity is opening for Cuban society. The Cuban regime is being forced to act on the defensive.

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