Fidel’s hold on Cuba may long outlast the man

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's tough stance against Cuba's government may reverse the easing of restrictions on the Cuban people.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stands alongside Cuban President Raul Castro during Mr. Trudeau's visit to Cuba earlier this month. Raul Castro took the helm of Cuba's government 10 years after his brother, Fidel, was sidelined by health problems.Photograph courtesy of the PMO

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 30, 2016

Ottawa—In what some saw as a last-ditch move to shore up votes among Cuban-American exiles in the crucial swing state of Florida, Donald Trump appeared in the final stretch of the election campaign at the Miami headquarters of the veterans of the disastrous 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. “I won’t...

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