Fifty years after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution and the establishment of a Marxist-Leninist regime in Cuba, the two fundamental dimensions of this historical phenomenon are the survival of the system created by Fidel Castro and the policy of the United States to terminate it.

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JOAQUÍN ROY ****is Jean Monnet Professor and Director of the European Union Center at the University of Miami, USA.

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Spain and Cuba: A Very Special Relationship Washington, Havana, Brussels: Collateral Damage of a New Monroe Doctrine Brussels and Cuba: Persuasion and Frustration Post-Franco Spain and Castro: A Bipartisan Democracy Deals with a Marxist Regime Waiting for Fidel and Raúl: Resignation and Expectation Conclusion: Dilemmas and Options