By pro-government blogs and on Twitter accounts.. Raúl Castro has said that opening up Cuba's political system would inevitably spell doom for its socialist program, as any alternative party would be dominated by enemies across the Florida Straits and beyond.. Alfredo Mesa, a Cuban-American National Foundation board member whose trip to Cuba was organized by the Miami archdiocese, said the strong reaction would reinforce the pope's message and the need for change. "I'd rather have them say this now than tomorrow," Mesa said
