China might have backed away from the call for a regional anti-piracy force in late April and the Japanese might beoftwominds about building a more aggressive navy.
As the 40th-anniversary speeches drone on, two questions will be on most Cubans' minds: how will the reign of Fidel come to an end, and what will happen when he goes?
To concentrate minds, leaders arriving in the Caribbean will be presented with two reports, both of which are remarkably blunt, considering that one was funded in part by the Commonwealth's small Secretariat, and the other came from the Royal Commonwealth Society, the largest of the NGOs that promote the club.