The Cuban National Assembly of the People’s Power (Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular) will meet December 15 amidst ”economic reforms” pushed by Raul Castro’s government while the Assembly’s president Ricardo Alarcón is in China meeting with authorities from the central government, Chinese Communist Party and his Chinese counterpart.

Change in political-administrative division
September 17, 2010Cuba will be divided into 15 provinces and 168 municipalities instead of the existing 14 and 169, according to the Political-Adminstrative Division Modification Law (pdf) published in the Gaceta Oficial on September 2nd. The legislation was approved August 1st by the National Assembly of the People’s Power in its first 2010 ordinary session. Cuba’s population is [...]