European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cuba after Castro who will take Over continued from Page 15 As a behind the scenes rising Star permitted to name officials in International relations and culture areas that fall in his Purview. Not a charismatic speaker but highly personable billed As a moderate reformist though Many diplomats characterize him As a chimerical opportunist who quickly switches to the hard line if it speeds his ascent Roberto Robaina 35, former alternate Poi buro member the youngest politburo member Robaina Heads the communist youth Union. Reportedly a fan of Mikhail Gorbachev s perestroika reforms before being packed off to a year in Angola he is wisely mum on the subject now. As youth Union Leader Robaina became Cyba s first party animal legitimizing heavy Metal concerts discos and Long hair in the classroom. The youth Post is a key one since 60 percent of cubans were born after the 1959 revolution and political disaffection is common among the Young. Robaina is an energetic infectious orator who rarely dons anything but a to shirt and Blue jeans or jogging shorts in Public. Carlos Lage Early 40s, former alternate politburo member insiders say this economic specialist and Lormer communist youth Union Leader has become Castro s de Facto chief of staff. A member of the Council of state he is said to be impressively poised and articulate. Abel Prieto 40, new politburo member head of the cuban artists and writers Union Luneac Prieto sports Long curly hair and a Laid Back approach to politics he is Quick to criticize the cuban culture Witch Hunt of the late 60s, when some of his own friends were put in forced labor battalions. Quot that was a very bad Era when dogmatic officials predominated Quot Prieto said. Quot in 1968, f had to listen to Rock n Roll on shortwave because no official Stalion would play in. Now my daughter can listen to Rock on any station and the Gay crowd is a very Strong cultural movement Here Quot Bui he is also a committed socialist who is not above a Little modern Day Witch Hunting himself. Last summer Prieto signed a scorching official statement against a letter by dissident pro democratic intellectuals denouncing Ilas a foreign plot. Among the dissident intellectuals were former and current Luneac  action Lin postal insurance will cover losses it a i recently went into Patch Barracks Post office to mail a Small envelope containing a Sapphire ring after purchasing insurance the postal clerk and i struck up a conversation about the insurance. She stated that if the ring was lost even with the insurance i just had purchased $399 wort that f would Only receive a traction of the Cost of the ring. Enclosed in the package was the receipt on the outside was the customs declaration stating Quot returned  merchandise original receipt enclosed Quot when i asked Tor the literature on sending insured parcels she said she had it somewhere it this is True and somehow the postal system lost this ring How much am i out7 Why is this regulation not readily available to the patrons along with other information pertaining to postal regulations i have gone to the Post office Many times and overheard other patrons asking about the different notable dissidents Gustavo Arcos Bergnes in his mid-60s, is Secretary general of the dissident human rights commission. Arcos is As Little known inside Cuba As Zhenyu Zhelev was when he championed human rights in Bulgaria. Today Zhelev is the bulgarian president. Arcos was equally obscure abroad until Armando Valladares then the . Ambassador to the . Human rights commission tarred Arcos As a Quot traitor Quot last year Arcos had rankled Arch conservative exiles by proposing that they join in a dialogue with the one party state leading to elections. Arcos hotly defends his proposal and says cubans favor a peaceful transition to democracy not the violent overthrow of communism that is the dream of some Miami exiles. Maria Elena Cruz Varela 37, prize winning poet and Leader of the dissident group criteria alternative. She and other intellectuals Drew up a letter outlining Steps for peaceful change and democratization in Cuba signers included several respected card carrying socialists who have become disenchanted. Cruz Varela was sentenced to two years in jail in november on charges of defaming state institutions and holding illegal meetings. Quot i m not advocating taking up arms Quot Cruz Varela said in an interview. Quot this is a proposal for a Pacific solution in  Elizardo Sanchez president of the cuban commission for human rights and National reconciliation. He is also distrusted by hard line Miami exiles though he has spent a total of nearly nine years in prison partly because he openly recognizes the gains in health and education achieved by the revolution. Sanchez believes the . Trade embargo should be loosened to deprive Castro of an excuse for stricter Domestic policies. Medicine and food should be excluded on humanitarian grounds he believes when Castro is gone Willby Anne Marie of Connor Cox news service when Fidel Castro is gone will cuban exiles Stampede Back to Cuba showering dollars like confetti reclaiming real estate and sweeping into Power triumphantly maybe not according to some Cuba analysts. Felix Rodriguez a former anti Castro Cia agent in Miami believes that cubans who stayed in Cuba after the 1959 revolution will Likely be the agents of change in a Post Castro Era. Rodriguez thinks that returning cuban exiles will have to pay their dues proving their sincere desire to rebuild the National Economy before they can get the support necessary to be voted into Power a assuming of course that Cuba will become a True democracy. He said exiles Are not Well known in Cuba and cubans will be More Likely to vote for people they know. Cuban exiles in Miami Are beginning to draw up a registry of the property they lost in the 1959 revolution with the Hopes of getting it Back but some analysts services is there a possibility of having these posted permanently for All to read prior to getting to the window7 Richard Schornak Vaihinger Germany Barbara Littzi postal service analyst . Army postal group Europe replies i apologize for the erroneous information you received regarding insured mail refunds. If your ring had been lost you would have received the full amount in was insured for As Long As that amount was not More than what you paid Lor the ring for instance you could not insure a $50 ring for $600 and expect to receive $600. You would Only receive $50 when an item is lost or damaged the United slates postal service uses is the sole authority to determine the Validity of a claim and the amount to be refunded. The postal clerk who spoke to you was wrong to have speculated on the reimbursable amount As she was not in a position to make any estimation concerning what amount your refund might contain. We have reminded our postal personnel to refrain irom making speculative comments. The Domestic mail manual the uses regulation which governs most mail services is the size of a Telephone Book believe such schemes Are unfeasible and . Quot i think this registry will Only make cubans dig in their heels even More Quot said Wayne Smith a former . Interests Section chief in Havana adding that any Post Castro government Quot is going to come from within Cuba. Quot the last thing the cubans want is for the exiles to come Back and take their houses and run things Quot he said. Participants in meetings of a London based exile study group. La Sociedade economic have pointed out that the end of the cold War offered no precedent for reclaiming seized property. They note that in Eastern Europe the original owners of property that had been taken from them after communists came to Power usually were unable to reclaim Legal ownership of houses or apartments unless they were still residing in them. It is unclear How Many cubans would return in the Post Castro Era. According to a recent study by Florida International University 90 percent of the cubans who live in Miami will not go Back to residing permanently in Cuba even after the Castro government ends. And is written in technical postal language. 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