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	<title> &#187; Cuban Communist Party</title>
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		<title>Reform expectations lowered</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/12/reform-expectations-lowered/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/12/reform-expectations-lowered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomenklatura]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo Alarcon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economic situation]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Army General Raul Castro wearing a white guayabera gave a televised address before the National Assembly (Cuban Parliament) yesterday addressing critical issues befacing the country.
The BBC calls Castro&#8217;s address his most sombre assessment of Cuba&#8217;s economic situation since he succeeded his brother Fidel in February.  He said would have to lift restrictions on salaries more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ghosts Of Eastern Europe Haunt Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/05/26/ghosts-of-eastern-europe-haunt-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/05/26/ghosts-of-eastern-europe-haunt-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 02:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Via CBS News:
Rafael Hernandez is the editor of Temas magazine, a Cuban political journal and outlet for critical public debate, as well as a forum where writers broach previously taboo subjects, like the prevalence of domestic violence in Cuba or the fact of racial discrimination.
When Raul Castro took over as Cuba’s President in February, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Fidel, The Deluge</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/04/after-fidel-the-deluge/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/04/after-fidel-the-deluge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage Davila]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Communist Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nomenklatura]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FAR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MINFAR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colonel Alex Crowther (Research Professor of National Security Studies in the Strategic Studies Institue of the US Army War College) has penned an editorial on Cuba, Raul and the military.  He is also the author of Security Requirements for Post-Transition Cuba.
As Louis XV allegedly said, &#8220;Apres moi, le deluge.&#8221; Certainly people have thought that Cuba after Fidel would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collegial decisions and consensus</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/28/collegial-decisions-and-consensus/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/28/collegial-decisions-and-consensus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Communist Party]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The broad support that acting Cuban President Raul Castro receives from the military, security services and the Communist Party will likely enable him to maintain stability, security and his own position following Fidel Castro’s announced exit.
Raul has displayed a preference for making decisions over the years in a collegial fashion. This suggests that the leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNI Threat Assessment: Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/05/dni-threat-assessment-cuba/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/05/dni-threat-assessment-cuba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence (Mike McConnell) was presented to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today.
The DNI assessment of Cuba is as follows:
Raul Castro has served as Cuba’s Provisional President for over 18 months, but his political skills will be further tested over the next year as he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fidel and retirement</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/16/fidel-and-retirement/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/16/fidel-and-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marc Frank of the Financial Times summarizes the current state of Cuba&#8217;s &#8220;electroral&#8221; politics and speculation on Fidel Castro&#8217;s future.
In an indication that it is not yet time to count Fidel Castro out of Cuban politics, the increasingly frail 81-year-old leader of the Cuban revolution will contest for a seat in the National Assembly in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba&#8217;s Transition Begins</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/07/cubas-transition-begins/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/01/07/cubas-transition-begins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cuban Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Economu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hugo Chavez]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Brian Latell&#8217;s latest assessment of the Cuban transition is published in today&#8217;s Wall Street  Journal:

 Without a hint of irony, Fidel Castro asserted twice last month in columns in Cuba&#8217;s Granma newspaper, that he is not one &#8220;to cling to power.&#8221; The truth is that few world leaders in modern times have ruled as long as he [...]]]></description>
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