The near times, vanity fair were she was contributing editor and national publications. Shes also editor of cuba, a travelers literary companion and cuba confidential. She teaches International Journalism at the university of california at santa barbara. Without fidel is a terrific book, fun to read and format it and the subject matter is endlessly fascinating. Alice castro are able to stay in power for 50 years . Why was the United States not able to topple him and how was he able to maneuver so that communism fell everywhere else in the world . And if the United States had no sway in cuba, how was it that he was not overthrown by his own people. Families in this book discusses cuba somewhat without fidel. She reports on a stillness in the relationship between raul infidel and continues to report im not part of the story that never seems to end, the miami cuba washington ballet. Well, everybody is waiting for the shoe to drop which will come first, fidel dying for cuba opening up for