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Earlier this week, I wrote about what I believe is a lack of either courage or imagination on Cuba in the Administration - and, let's be honest here, a lack of time to think about anything that isn't healthcare, the economy or rogue states that truly threaten U.S. security. And even though I did, you can't really blame them for not having the time.

But if you want to see courage, then look no further than to Colombian pop singer Juanes, who pulled off a minor miracle for the Cuban people by bringing his Peace without Borders concert to Havana last weekend. And increasingly, look also to Miami.

Not to the guy with the steamroller - but to the young people who showed up to give him a taste of his own medicine, to the new line that found its voice and shouted down the hard line.

Cuba Study Group chairman Carlos Saladrigas, finds himself crossing that line. He opposed the Pope's visit to Cuba over a decade ago, but came to regret his stance when he saw the impact on the people the visit had. In a poignant column for the Miami Herald, Saladrigas takes stock of not only what Juanes' concert for peace in Havana did for the Cuban people, but what it did for Little Havana too:

The tea leaves also portend a wake-up call for the Cuban-American community. After all, the hardliners failed to derail this concert. There are still those who will never change, but their numbers are rapidly dwindling. Although we at the Cuba Study Group have for years been saying that Miami is changing, it took Juanes' courageous and bold initiative to let us see it, feel it and to rid ourselves of the fear to say it that has gripped us for so long.

The massive attendance highlighted the large and growing disconnect between the exiled hardliners and the Cuban people. More Cuban Americans have come to the realization that we cannot afford to continue with failed policies to meet the challenges of the future. We need to engage. It is not reasonable to expect to partake in a new Cuba if we don't partake in the process that creates it.

Juanes showed us the euphoria and effectiveness that comes from tearing down walls. The old policies of hurting the regime with collateral damage to the people need to give way to policies that help the people even when they may provide a collateral benefit to the regime. It needs to be all about the people.