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	<title> &#187; Cuban military</title>
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		<title>Chinese military influence in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/09/04/chinese-military-influence-in-latin-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[chinese arms]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[cuban air force]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The September/October 2008 edition of Military Review (pdf) published by the US Army Combined Arms Center has an article on Chinese military influence in Latin America.  A section addresses Cuba&#8217;s military acquisition of Chinese arms and technology, as follows:

Special case: Cuba. Cuba has increasingly relied on Chinese assistance for its military because of generous terms. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane&#8217;s World Armies: Cuba</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/11/janes-world-armies-cuba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps General Álvaro López Miera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Army Corps General Ramón Espinosa Martín]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bastión 2008]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[General Ramon Espinosa]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Julio Casas Regueiro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leopoldo Cintra Frías]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Military Counter-Intelligence]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military Industries Union]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[military officers]]></category>

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

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		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of Interior]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary War Navy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Special Troops]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[War of All the People]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Army]]></category>

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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cryptic reflection on the state of military affairs</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/04/23/cryptic-reflection-on-the-state-of-military-affairs/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/04/23/cryptic-reflection-on-the-state-of-military-affairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Council of State]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Álvaro López Miera]]></category>

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Leopoldo Cintras Frías]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fidel Castro has written his latest reflection titled: &#8220;The Living and the Dead.&#8221;  The Maximum Leader turned op-ed writer acknowledged recently sacked Education Minister Luis Ignacio Gómez Guriérrez as &#8220;truly exhausted&#8221; and &#8220;losing energy and revolutionary conscience.&#8221;  While referencing his numerous travels abroad on behalf of Cuban education, Fidel chastised him for previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba will end up looking more like Albania than the Bahamas</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/08/cuba-will-end-up-looking-more-like-albania-than-the-bahamas/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/08/cuba-will-end-up-looking-more-like-albania-than-the-bahamas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

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

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

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

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[Czech Republic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ The editor of Foreign Policy, Moisés Naím, discusses factionalism, scenarios and the possibility of Cuba turning into Albania:
Raúl&#8217;s invisibility in Fidel&#8217;s blog is a manifestation of the secretive power struggle to define Cuba&#8217;s future. Inevitably, several factions are jockeying for dominance in the post-Fidel era. The two main ones are “the Chinese” and “the [...]]]></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>

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		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></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>Exit, stage right</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/19/exit-stage-right/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/19/exit-stage-right/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Politburo]]></category>

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

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

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		<description><![CDATA[  
The drama that has be faced Cuba&#8217;s political stage for the last half century comes to end, or has it? 
At 3:00 AM ET, Granma (Cuban Communist Party&#8217;s official paper), published Fidel Castro&#8217;s message announcing his retirement. 
He states:
The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary.
[...]
To my dearest compatriots, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intense prep year for Western Army</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/04/intense-prep-year-for-the-western-army/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/04/intense-prep-year-for-the-western-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Álvaro López Miera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bastión 2008]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Ejército Occidental]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leopoldo Cintra Frías]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Revolutionary Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Western Army]]></category>

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A political and military ceremony of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias-FAR), situated east of the capital of Havana, was held to commence preparations for the defensive year of the Eastern Army (Ejército Occidental) whose areas of command encompasses the provinces of Pinar del Río, La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana and special municipality [...]]]></description>
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