Near-bankruptcy is causing Cuba to jettison the Utopian paternalism of Che and Fidel. The future involves hard work for higher, but still-paltry, wages.
And with good reason: Mr Ghosn is the architect of Renault's alliance with Nissan, which he rescued from near-bankruptcy and revived with astonishing success.
He is widely revered for his forthrightness and his leadership of Porsche, from the dark days of near-bankruptcy in 1993 when he took over, to years of growth and glowing results today.