Council of Ministers

Defense cooperation between South Africa and Cuba

January 14, 2012

South Africa and Cuba signed a memorandum Jan. 10 to put a stamp on the cooperation between the two country’s armies. Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu signed the memorandum of understanding with [Division General] Ulises Rosales del Toro, the vice-president of Cuba’s council of ministers. The two countries have already worked together in the past, but [...]

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Sugar ministry dissolved

September 30, 2011

The Council of Ministers, in a meeting held last Saturday, Sept. 24, decided to dissolve the Cuban Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ), replacing it with the Sugar Industry Business Group (Grupo Empresarial de la Agroindustria Azucarera). Orlando Celso García Ramírez, the current Sugar Minister, was appointed in May 2010, when he was then deputy minister replacing [...]

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Raúl governs from defense ministry headquarters

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Army General Raúl Castro seems to prefer the Sierra Maestra building facilities, where the headquarters of the Defense Ministry are located, for executing government activities. At the end of July, a Council of Ministers meeting was held on the 4th floor, stigmatized by the 1989 trial site of General Arnaldo Ochoa in a court-martial demoting [...]

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Tropical stratocracy

April 20, 2011

Random House Dictionary (2011) defines stratocracy as government by the military. Key military officers control the state security apparatus that vigilantly guards over the Cuban regime. The government’s economic lifeline pulses through the administration of income generating businesses under the control of a military officers. Cuba’s armed forces, through its active and retired military officers, are well [...]

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No. 3′s influence

January 8, 2011

Changes made by Raúl Castro’s government reinforces the influence of No. 3, Ramiro Valdés, the regime’s third man, who will supervise three key ministries (Construction, Basic Industry and Communications and Information). Ramirito, a “historico” of the Cuban revolution and member of Fidel Castro’s iron circle, is also Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and a member [...]

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Reshuffle of cabinet

January 6, 2011

The Cuban government announced a reshuffle of its Cabinet, relieving the minister in charge of construction (Fidel Figueroa) for undisclosed “errors” and stripping a powerful vice president of a secondary role he held as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. A government statement also said Ramiro Valdes would step down as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. Far [...]

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