Impressive. I was behind on Fidel and last I heard were rumors
  of his death when his brother took over but then he popped up
  again. I read the article. I don't know enough about the details
  of all of the things he's saying, although I can/will agree that
  western imperialism has been on the rise for a number of years.
  In the USA, we're taught imperialism _WAS_ phase once. But
  really, we're in that phase now again and have been for a while.