Generals

New Cuban political elite

December 4, 2011

Eusebio Mujal-León, professor and former chair of the Department of Government at Georgetown University and the director of the Cuba XXI Project, has written an excellent article (published in the Journal of International Affairs’ Fall/Winter ’11 issue on the authoritarian state) analyzing the new Cuban political elite and exploring how power is distributed between the country’s military [...]

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Russian, Cuban military prosecutors meet

November 25, 2011

The Cuban Military Prosecuting Office (Fiscalía Militar de Cuba) and Office of Attorney General of the Russian Federation met in Havana and exchanged experiences in applying the law, announced Russian Attorney General Sergei Fridinski as reported in RIA Novosti. According to Fridinski, the Russian and Cuban sides exchanged experiences about issues concerning criminal and civil [...]

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Dusting off U.S. plans to invade Cuba

November 22, 2011

Thomas Ricks, a former Washington Post journalist, who covered the U.S. military for the newspaper and author of two books on Iraq, came across handwritten notes in the papers of General Lyman Lemnitzer (chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff early during the JFK administration) containing a summary of CINCLANT’s (Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command) operational plan for Cuba [...]

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Cuba’s military high command

November 10, 2011

Army General Raul Castro Ruz (Commander-in-Chief) Army Corps General Leopoldo Cintra Frias (Defense Minister) Army Corps General Alvaro Lopez Miera (Deputy Defense Minister & Chief, General Staff) Army Corps General Joaquin Quinta Sola (Assistant Deputy Defense Minister) Army Corps General Ramon Espinosa Martin (Assistant Deputy Defense Minister) Division General Lucio Juan Morales Abad (Chief, Western [...]

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New defense minister named (Updated)

November 8, 2011

Cuban state media announced that the Council of State has named Army General Raúl Castro’s loyal acolyte Army Corps General Leopoldo ‘Polo’ Cintra Frías (70) as the country’s new defense minster. ACG Cintra was named in 2008 deputy defense minster (vice-ministro primero) and was the commander of the all important Western Army (1986-2008) that protects the capital, Havana. Army Corps General Alvaro [...]

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Paving way for Chinese carrier visit?

November 7, 2011

In a November 2nd e-mail newsletter, East-Asia-Intel.com questioned if General Guo Boxiong’s official trip to Cuba may have paved the way for China’s aircraft carrier to visit. Gen. Guo (Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission is responsible for weapon equipment and logistics of the Chinese armed forces) visited Havana at the end of last month meeting with high-ranking members of the [...]

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