The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Kerry's Cruel Realism

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Kerry's Cruel Realism The Varela Project is one of the most inspiring democracy movements in the world today. It is being led by a Cuban dissident named Oswaldo Payá, who has spent his life trying to topple Castro's regime. Payá realized early on that the dictatorship would never be overthrown by a direct Bay of Pigs-style military assault, but it could be undermined by a peaceful grass-roots movement of Christian democrats, modeling themselves on Martin Luther King Jr.