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The opposition can present itself as the party of inclusiveness and national reconciliation and as the party of individual liberty and freedom for all in contrast with its communist opponents. It can further present itself as the one party capable of effectively pursuing a new “national project� for the reconstruction and prosperity of the island, because only the democrats - not the communists -can count on broad U.S.and international support. AFTER CASTRO: ALTERNATIVE REGIMES AND U.S. POLICY

This paper is talking about a democratic election after Castro dies or leaves the government. It's suggesting that if even if communists democratically won an election they would not receive the US support that the "democrats" would. I strongly suspect that when they say "democrat" they're just confused and actually mean "capitalist".

This organisation, The Cuba Transition Project, is funded by USAID. This is all very interesting when you look at statements by US State Department officials, who are immensely happy about the progress Central America and the Caribbean are making on human rights, which the exception of Cuba. However, if Amnesty's list of human rights violations is anything to go by then Cuba is one of the most humanitarian nations in the region. It has 23 recent Urgent Action statements , compared to Guatemala's 151, Mexico's 156 and the US's 613.