"The transition in Cuba has already taken place. Carlos Lage will be the brains behind the new government. He will seek to chart a new economic course." (also quoted in the Miami Herald, imagine THAT!) Dec. 2006

The insight comes from acclaimed author and the UK Guardian's Latin American "specialist/expert", Richard Gott who wrote "Cuba: A New History" and also revels in the distinction as "research fellow at the Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of London."

Gott is hailed as: "always an interesting, and well-informed, writer." by Foreign Affairs (the official publication of the Council on Foreign Relation, btw.)

"Gott's book will remain the standard work on Cuba for many years to come," gushes the UK Guardian.