Focus on Cuba

U.S. expects change after Castro

"WASHINGTON - The Bush administration remains hopeful that the death of Fidel Castro will unleash grassroots pressure among Cubans for democratic change — but many analysts see little threat to the regime under the thus-far seamless succession of brother Raul.

As U.S. officials see it, the seismic political event for Cuba has yet to come.

“We don’t feel that we’ve lost an important moment, because quite frankly, we don’t see any significant possibility of change of any kind until Fidel is gone,” Tom Shannon, the top State Department aide for Latin America, says." More at MSNBC.com.