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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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PLA Deputy Chief of General Staff visits Cuba

December 19, 2010

Army General Raúl Castro met in Havana on Thursday with Chinese General Ma Xiaotian (Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army.) The Chinese military leader arrived on the island for a working visit on Monday at the invitation of Cuba’s military. Also at the Thursday meeting was Army Corps General Álvaro [...]

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National Defense Council meets

May 29, 2010

Via Cadena Agramonte: Army General Raul Castro presided over a meeting of the National Defense Council to analyze the results of the Bastion 2009 Strategic Exercise and other actions carried out last year to improve the country’s defense readiness. Participants, during the meeting, discussed topics related to the improvement of the national defensive capacity including [...]

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China vows to further military ties with Cuba

April 27, 2010

Via Global Times: China pledged to further develop military ties with Cuba during a meeting of senior military officials from the two countries on Monday. “The years since China and Cuba forged diplomatic ties in 1960 have witnessed a stable development of bilateral relations and fruitful cooperation in various fields,” Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie [...]

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Russia discusses bilateral military cooperation with Cuba

April 13, 2010

Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdiukov (left image) met with a Cuban military delegation to discuss the future of military-technical cooperation, stated defense ministry spokeswoman Irina Kovalchuk, reports Ria Novosti. “The meeting focused on issues of stability in Latin America and the world at large, and in the current and future state of bilateral cooperation in [...]

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Jane’s World Armies: Cuba

July 11, 2008

Assessment The collapse of the Soviet Union has deprived the Cuban Army of its major economic and logistic support, and has had a significant impact on equipment numbers and serviceability. The army remains well trained and professional in nature, and is likely to have adopted previous doctrine to take into account the current shortcomings in [...]

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