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Militarization of governance
March 7, 2009The stark reality of Monday’s purge was not solely to streamline government structure for efficiency, but in fact, it was also Army General Raul Castro’s mission to rid himself the remnants of Fidel Castro’s loyalists. The Commander-in Chief (CINC) of the militarized island nation now exercises complete control of the regime’s levers of power — [...]