Granma reports today on Wednesday’s meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. The economy was a main topic of discussion; the economy minister revised
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The Communist Party Congress that was planned for this year was “postponed,” the article says. It can’t be just “one more event,” Raul Castro said, and it will be held when preparations are done. The article noted: “He [Raul] indicated that it is most probable that, because of the laws of life, it will be the last one headed by the historical generation of leaders of the Revolution.”
Reuters coverage here.
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Did I misss something or the Granma article does not cite Fidel Castro at all? Maybe he is the real Sombra (shadow) not Raul.
Vecino de NF
Reuters claims that the last PCC congress was 12 years ago. Does this mean that the first and second secretaries of the Cuban Communist Party have staged a party coup against PCC rules that require that a party congress be celebrated every five years?
Vecino de NF
In Cuba, "the Party" is just fiction. It is simply an instrument created and used by Fidel Castro to rule. God knows why this session was cancelled. The important thing are the "measures" which Raul will announce, and he's already said these would be "hard".
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