However, this is the same man who, as the head of Cuba’s internal security apparatus, for many years represented the knuckles of an iron-fisted regime, directly responsible for imprisoning – and often torturing – thousands of dissidents. So perhaps the best that could be hoped for is a Russian-style experiment with liberalization that is quickly called off by the regime’s nervous Old Guard.
然而，同是这个人，作为古巴内部安全机器的首脑，多年以来代表着一个铁腕政权的威力，直接对监禁—并时常折磨—成千的持不同政见者负责。因此，我们可能希望的最好结局也就是一个俄罗斯似的自由化试验，并很快就会被该政权紧张不安的保守势力叫停。