Europe is busy telling Castro’s communist Cuba to ‘dialogue’ with it on human rights. Carlos Alberto Montaner argues that if Europe is serious about human rights in Cuba, it will ask Castro’s regime to dialogue with Cuba’s opposition instead of Europe itself. Given Europe’s tendency to side with failed regimes over ascendent peoples, jealously undermine successful nations that don’t, and stew about its lack of influence in the world because of these repeatedly bad choices, I can’t see them taking him up on this idea. However, Montaner is right.