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	<title> &#187; 2008 &#187; February</title>
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		<title>Collegial decisions and consensus</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/28/collegial-decisions-and-consensus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Communist Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The broad support that acting Cuban President Raul Castro receives from the military, security services and the Communist Party will likely enable him to maintain stability, security and his own position following Fidel Castro’s announced exit.
Raul has displayed a preference for making decisions over the years in a collegial fashion. This suggests that the leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raúl’s rise</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/28/raul%e2%80%99s-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage Davila]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jose Ramon Machado Ventura]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomenklatura]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Politburo]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Economist Intelligence Unit&#8217;s briefing on Cuba&#8217;s political state:
With Raúl Castro as president, expect little change in Cuba
The selection of Raúl Castro to succeed his brother, Fidel (81), as official president of Cuba confirms that the country is not in for substantive change, not even of the generational kind. Though it was widely believed that the younger brother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Raul</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/27/after-raul/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/27/after-raul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Latell Report for February:
Since the first years of the Castro brothers’ revolution Cuban leaders have jockeyed and maneuvered to be next after them in the line of succession. The allure of becoming the “third man” led some to such reckless hubris that they were purged or disgraced, considered threats by one or both of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Defense Minister</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/25/new-defense-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/25/new-defense-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Generals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Historico]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Julio Casas Regueiro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MINFAR]]></category>

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Raul Castro (President, Council of State) has named Division General Julio Casas Regueiro as Defense Minister.              
Julio Casas was a member of the July 26th Movement, and one             of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tropical Gerontocracy</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/tropical-gerontocracy/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/tropical-gerontocracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Status quo prevails.  The históricos remain entrenched, and generational shift awaits.  The average age of the hierarchy in the Council of State is 71.

RAÚL  			CASTRO RUZ (President)
JOSÉ  			RAMÓN MACHADO VENTURA (First Vice-President)
JUAN  			ALMEIDA BOSQUE (Vice-President)
JUAN  			ESTEBAN LAZO HERNÁNDEZ (Vice-President)
ABELARDO  			COLOMÉ IBARRA (Vice-President)
JULIO  			CASAS REGUEIRO (Vice-President)
CARLOS  			LAGE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raul Castro &#8220;elected&#8221; president</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/raul-castro-elected-president/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/raul-castro-elected-president/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He will succeed Fidel Castro as &#8220;president,&#8221; while José Ramón Machado (a histórico) will be number 2.  The proposal was approved by deputies of the National Assembly.
Source: AFP 
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		<title>Introducing Raul Castro</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/introducing-raul-castro/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/24/introducing-raul-castro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The following snippet from  Jane&#8217;s Country Risk provides an assessment of Cuba&#8217;s political current:
Raul Castro has held most of the powers of the Cuban presidency since Fidel Castro announced his temporary retirement to undergo intestinal surgery in July 2006. The 76-year-old Raul has already consolidated his power and Fidel&#8217;s announcement of permanent retirement on 19 [...]]]></description>
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