Reading the actual text of the "declaration" my impression was that there were so many conditions applied that it really amounted to little more than a bit of "diplomatic posturing."

In his blog a couple of days later, Castro (Fidel) apparently saw it much the same way that I did, describing it as "hypocrisy" and an insult.

It will take a while to see whether it actually amounts to much of anything, but I don't see that Castro has any great expectations that much will change. I'm afraid I don't see a lot of significance to it, or that it actually changes much of anything, for now.

Maybe later.

John