Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias

Armed forces elect delegates to Party Congress

March 4, 2011

Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias—FAR) elected 65 delegates that will represent the military in the VI Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) which will be held in April. Among those elected are Army Corps Generals Julio Casas, Leopoldo Cintra, Álvaro López, Ramón Espinosa y Joaquín Quinta. [Prensa Latina]

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Western Army conducts tank maneuvers

November 26, 2010

As part of the Cuban Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias—FAR) annual exercises, the Western Army began tank maneuvers and staged simulations in theaters of operations, reports Juventud Rebelde. Main battle tanks in the Cuban Army’s inventory are aged T-34s (Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958), T-54/55s (Soviet medium tank produced from 1945 to [...]

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Cuban troop strength

October 25, 2010

The Military Balance, an annual publication of the International Institute of Strategic Studies, assesses the military capabilities and defense economics of 170 countries world-wide. This table illustrates MB’s estimate on the size of the Cuban armed forces’ (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias—FAR) active personnel in 2009. [table id=5 /]

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Threat or Paranoia?

September 3, 2010

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based independent think tank engaged in defense and security research, asks in its analysis of Cuba, how much of a threat does the Communist regime really pose to the world’s only superpower: Raúl’s position as head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – FAR), who were [...]

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Higher education for armed forces

December 9, 2009

Brigade General Rafael Ruiz Díaz (chief, Direction of MINFAR) is interviewed by Juventud Rebelde about the modifications to Order 18 providing opportunities offered by the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias) to soldiers in Active Military Service to incorporated themselves in higher education. (H/T: Emilio Ichikawa)

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Role of the FAR in the Cuban Economy [Updated]

November 10, 2009

The November-December 2009 issue of Military Review has a piece on the Revolutionary Armed Forces’ direct participation in the Cuban economy entitled: “Revolutionary Management: The Role of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias in the Cuban Economy,” where my study “Soldiers and Businessmen: The FAR During the Special Period” is cited. Issues covered in the article, which [...]

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