Leading article: The wrong road to salvation
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Cuba's future will not be resolved in Rome, or even on the streets of Havana. There is no future for this island separate from what the United States will approve or tolerate. This may not be a happy fact, but it is a geopolitical one. Cuba has more to come to terms with in Miami than in St Peter's Square.
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