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Realistic Cubans—especially leaders in business and the professions—look to the army, rather than the students or Castro, to bring Batista down. Many hopes form around Colonel Ramón Barquin, longtime Cuban military attaché in Washington, who last year tried and failed to bring off a coup. He is still in prison, but as many as 150 of his secret followers among the officer class are free, and resentful of the army's role as Batista's bloodletter.
There is, of course, another alternative. Said a top Havana businessman last week: "Violence breeds violence, and events are in a vicious circle. The government should gather its courage and announce an honest election now."