Revolutionary gerontocracy

27 August 2009 at 0924 in Nomenklatura by Armando F. Mastrapa 3d

Aging nomenklatura. At top left top: Fidel Castro (83), Raul Castro (77), José Ramón Machado Ventura (78), Esteban Lazo (64); bottom left: Juan Almeida (81), Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (69), Ramiro Valdés (76), Guillermo García Frías (80). Image: La Opinión A Coruña

Aging nomenklatura. At top left: Fidel Castro (83), Raul Castro (77), José Ramón Machado Ventura (78), Esteban Lazo (64); bottom left: Juan Almeida (81), Abelardo Colomé Ibarra (69), Ramiro Valdés (76), Guillermo García Frías (80). Image: La Opinión A Coruña

Via Proceso:

Cuban authorities acknowledge the future of the revolution is in the hands of younger generations. However, the elderly dominate the pinnacle of power. The majority of members of the Politburo of the Cuban Communist Party – a major instance of power on the island – are septuagenarians.

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