[The Macallan]

I think it is simple minded to be willing to see only one side of life in Cuba. There were remarkable improvements in health care and education for the Cuban people, especially the poor, because of the Revolution. Moreover, nobody should romanticize the Batista regime which preceded Castro. Even the victims of repression I met acknowledged the accomplishments.

But it would also be blind not to recgnize the violence and repression that took place. Moreover, the economic model was unsustainable once the subsidies from the old USSR disappeared.

By the way, a very prominent leader said privately to our group that Raul Castr was better to deal with than Fidel. Times are changing for sure