Author: Orlando Gutierrez | Journal of Democracy

Orlando Gutierrez is visiting professor of political theory at Florida International University and cofounder and national secretary of the Cuban Democratic Directorate (Directorio), which seeks to marshal international support for the civic democratic movement in Cuba.

January 2009, Volume 20, Issue 1

Can Cuba Change? Ferment in Civil Society

Carl Gershman
Orlando Gutierrez

The opposition within Cuba has become more diverse as well as more unified, and the regime, despite its enduring capacity for repression, is showing signs of underlying weakness.