Julio Casas Regueiro

Who will be the new chairman of GAESA?

October 24, 2011

Cuba has been without a defense minister since September 3, when then defense minister Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro died of heart failure. ACG Casas was also the founder and chairman of GAESA — Grupo de Administracion Empresarial S.A. (Enterprise Management Group Inc.), the Cuban military’s powerful and lucrative holding company (with more than 300 companies under its ownership) that controls [...]

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Corrupt and despotic

September 7, 2011

In spite of all the homages paid to the late Cuban Defense Minister, Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro as a result of his death, he was also considered corrupt and despotic. According to a 1995 study on the Cuban military prepared for the Pentagon by International Research 2000,  ACG Casas Regueiro was “suspected of large scale corruption.” Furthermore, a section of the study [...]

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A rentable general

September 5, 2011

Ex-Cuban Air Force Brigadier General Rafael del Pino, who defected to the United States in 1987, relates his working experience with Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro and Casas Regueiro’s collegial direction in the Cuban Armed Forces. (via Cartas de Cuba)

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Raul’s son as next defense minister?

September 5, 2011

Yoani Sanchez tweeted today: A friend fears that the next Cuban defense minister will be Alejandro Castro Espin; in January he’ll go to the Politburo and the dynastic succession guaranteed. Alejandro Castro Espín is a colonel in the Interior Ministry and along with Senen ‘Senénsito’ Casas Regueiro (son of the late Division General Senén Casas [...]

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15th anniversary of division general’s death

August 6, 2011

Granma commemorated the 15th anniversary of Division General Senén Casas Reguiero’s death today.  At the time of his death, DG Casas Reguiero was Cuba’s Transportation Minister. His younger brother, Army Corps General Julio Casas Regueiro, is Cuba’s defense minister. Senen’s son, “Senesito,” is an officer and aide to Army General Raul Castro’s son, Colonel Alejandro Castro [...]

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Conclusion of Bastion 2009

November 29, 2009

Army General Raúl Castro congratulated participants of Bastion 2009 Strategic Military Exercises, confirming they had accomplished previous goals. A video conference with principal organs of direction, commands of the Western, Central and Eastern Armies and presidents of provincial defense councils, served as the finale of activities developed during the strategic exercises. The presidents of the [...]

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