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		<title>Reform expectations lowered</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/12/reform-expectations-lowered/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Havana]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo Alarcon]]></category>

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Army General Raul Castro wearing a white guayabera gave a televised address before the National Assembly (Cuban Parliament) yesterday addressing critical issues befacing the country.
The BBC calls Castro&#8217;s address his most sombre assessment of Cuba&#8217;s economic situation since he succeeded his brother Fidel in February.  He said would have to lift restrictions on salaries more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Issues discussed in Politburo &#038; Council of State meeting</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/07/11/issues-discussed-in-politburo-council-of-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Jose Ramon Machado Ventura]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ricardo Alarcon]]></category>

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Cuban media reports Army General Raul Castro presided over a joint meeting of the Politburo and Council of State.  The economic and social situation of the country were analyzed.  Food production and rise in the main branches of productive activity and services were among other topics of discussion.
Also debated were some issues to be discussed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cryptic reflection on the state of military affairs</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/04/23/cryptic-reflection-on-the-state-of-military-affairs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Council of State]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Generals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Military &amp; Defense]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Raul Castro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Álvaro López Miera]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[army]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[FAR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Leopoldo Cintras Frías]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[National Assembly]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fidel Castro has written his latest reflection titled: &#8220;The Living and the Dead.&#8221;  The Maximum Leader turned op-ed writer acknowledged recently sacked Education Minister Luis Ignacio Gómez Guriérrez as &#8220;truly exhausted&#8221; and &#8220;losing energy and revolutionary conscience.&#8221;  While referencing his numerous travels abroad on behalf of Cuban education, Fidel chastised him for previous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Fidel, The Deluge</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/03/04/after-fidel-the-deluge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Armed Forces]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage Davila]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Ministry of the Interior]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Colonel Alex Crowther (Research Professor of National Security Studies in the Strategic Studies Institue of the US Army War College) has penned an editorial on Cuba, Raul and the military.  He is also the author of Security Requirements for Post-Transition Cuba.
As Louis XV allegedly said, &#8220;Apres moi, le deluge.&#8221; Certainly people have thought that Cuba after Fidel would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raúl’s rise</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/28/raul%e2%80%99s-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Lage Davila]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Economist Intelligence Unit&#8217;s briefing on Cuba&#8217;s political state:
With Raúl Castro as president, expect little change in Cuba
The selection of Raúl Castro to succeed his brother, Fidel (81), as official president of Cuba confirms that the country is not in for substantive change, not even of the generational kind. Though it was widely believed that the younger brother [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exit, stage right</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/19/exit-stage-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Generals]]></category>

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The drama that has be faced Cuba&#8217;s political stage for the last half century comes to end, or has it? 
At 3:00 AM ET, Granma (Cuban Communist Party&#8217;s official paper), published Fidel Castro&#8217;s message announcing his retirement. 
He states:
The moment has come to nominate and elect the State Council, its President, its Vice-Presidents and Secretary.
[...]
To my dearest compatriots, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miscellany&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/15/miscellany-3/</link>
		<comments>http://cubapolidata.com/2008/02/15/miscellany-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Armando F. Mastrapa 3d</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fidel Castro]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[International Relations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Cuba will liberate 7 dissidents according to Spanish Foreign Minister.
Equatorial Guinea&#8217;s President visits Cuba.
Apathy and resignation weighs on &#8220;presidential&#8221; decision in Cuba.
BBC Mundo correspondent in Havana launches blog. [H/T: Penultimos Dias]
Cuba: The change that never comes. (In Spanish) [H/T: La Nueva Cuba]

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