ABSTRACT
Under the Shadow of the Big Brother The temporary resignation from office in 2006 of President Fidel Castro, the undisputable leader of the Cuban Revolutionary Government since 1959, seemed to inaugurate a more collegial administration in Cuba under his brother Raúl. This impression was encouraged by Raúl himself when, after his election as President of Cuba in February 2008, he declared that he was willing to listen to all. Raúl is a discreet man, though, and all that he said at that time about his vision for the future was vague and non-committal.1
