Jose Ramon Machado Ventura

Nomenklatura remains entrenched (Updated)

April 19, 2011

2009 hrs Secretariat — Cuban Communist Party Encabezado por José Ramón Machado Ventura Esteban Lazo Hernández Abelardo Álvarez Gil Víctor Gaute López Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias José Ramón Balaguer Misael Enamorado Dager Central Committee — Cuban Communist Party (There are 20 generals in the CC.) Misleydy Abad Modey Gral de Div. Onelio Aguilera Bermúdez Liudmila Álamo Dueñas Ricardo [...]

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A call for regional integration

September 18, 2010

Cuba’s foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, proposed forming a community of Latin American and Caribbean states for regional integration during a CARICOM meeting in Havana.  Army General Raul Castro and José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President—Council of State and Ministers, presided over the meetings closure. [La Jornada]

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Gov’t seeks to eliminate excess personnel

September 6, 2010

The Cuban government has launched a campaign seeking ways to cut excess personnel in its state sector. José Ramón Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Council of State, visited several eastern provinces in the last week to assess efficiency in state entities by reducing personnel.

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Diplomatic corner

July 2, 2010

The lease to the United States by the Government of Cuba of Certain Areas of Land and Water for Naval or Coaling Stations in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda was signed 107 years ago today. [Avalon Project] Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos will visit Cuba early next week (Mon. through Thurs.) to support dialogue between [...]

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Cuba’s ruling gerontocracy

June 3, 2010

Army General Raúl Castro turns 79 today with little celebration fanfare, reports Reuters: Castro has spoken about future leaders only in general terms, saying in speeches there are many young Cubans who will maintain the revolution in coming years. But time is becoming a precious commodity for the country’s leaders. Castro’s immediate successor, first vice [...]

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New attorney general takes charge

April 16, 2010

A handover ceremony occurred today in the Palace of the Revolution where Darío Delgado took charge as the new Cuban Attorney General. Outgoing prosecutor Juan Escalona held the post for seventeen years. In attendance where Army General Raul Castro, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Ricardo Alarcón (president of the National Assembly), Gladys Bejerano (Vice-President, Council of State) and other [...]

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