Ricardo Alarcon

Term limits for high ranking gov’t officials

April 16, 2011

Army General Raúl Castro has proposed limiting the term of high ranking officials of the regime to ten years in a central report he delivered before the opening session of the VI Cuban Communist Party Congress. Notable comments  from his speech: Rejected concentration of property in private hands Eventual elimination of the ration book and [...]

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VI PCC congress opens

April 16, 2011

         

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Rubber stamp legislature meets next month

November 21, 2010

The Cuban National Assembly of the People’s Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) will meet December 15 amidst ”economic reforms” pushed by Raul Castro’s government while the Assembly’s president Ricardo Alarcón is in China meeting with authorities from the central government, Chinese Communist Party and his Chinese counterpart.

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No mention of reforms

August 7, 2010

El País gives an overview of Fidel Castro’s speech before the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power. Not one word was uttered about the internal situation on the island nor the “reforms” announced on August 1st by Army General Raúl Castro. Fidel’s speech concentrated more on the prognostication that the world is on the verge [...]

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Parliamentarians begin analyzing economic situation

July 28, 2010

The Committee on Economic Affairs of the Cuban National Assembly of People’s Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, ANPP) began today studying different issues related to the situation on the island, specifically, the precarious economic performance, which has increased demands for fundamental change by the populace. Ministers and other leaders also notified members of the [...]

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Parliament will “debate” critical economic issues

July 22, 2010

The Cuban parliament—National Assembly of People’s Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular, ANPP)—will “debate” on August 1st the country’s critical economic situation in its first annual ordinary session in the middle of expectations among the population of an opening. Permanent commissions, held before the parliamentary meeting, headed by Army General Raúl Castro “will look at important issues such [...]

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