Luis Manuel Ávila González

Sugar ministry dissolved

September 30, 2011

The Council of Ministers, in a meeting held last Saturday, Sept. 24, decided to dissolve the Cuban Ministry of Sugar (MINAZ), replacing it with the Sugar Industry Business Group (Grupo Empresarial de la Agroindustria Azucarera). Orlando Celso García Ramírez, the current Sugar Minister, was appointed in May 2010, when he was then deputy minister replacing [...]

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Castroism prepares against the masses

July 22, 2010

La Verdad Obrera (LVO), a publication of the Argentine Socialist Workers Party, has an interesting critical piece on the recent political developments in Cuba from a Trotskyist perspective. The following incisive paragraphs were transcribed from the story: Bureaucracy and corruption Accompanying the announcement of prisoners being released and an economic adjustment is the corruption scandal at [...]

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Two high-ranking government officials sacked (Updated)

May 3, 2010

Army General Raúl Castro has dismissed Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz (Vice-President, Council of Ministers and Transportation Minister) and Luis Manuel Ávila González (Sugar Minister) in an official note disseminated through Cuban state television, reports EFE. Sierra Cruz’ dismissal was caused by “errors in the performance of his duties,” while for Ávila González it was his “deficiencies in his [...]

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