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Waiting for Fidel: Small Hopes and Great Travails in Havana  

Marc Edelman ▪ Fall 1998

Fernando Rodríguez is clean shaven, but he makes a pulling motion under his chin as if he’s stroking a long beard.* It’s one of the many euphemisms Cubans use for Fidel Castro. “Este tozudo cumple setenta y dos años el …



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