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Tropical stratocracy

April 20, 2011

Random House Dictionary (2011) defines stratocracy as government by the military. Key military officers control the state security apparatus that vigilantly guards over the Cuban regime. The government’s economic lifeline pulses through the administration of income generating businesses under the control of a military officers. Cuba’s armed forces, through its active and retired military officers, are well [...]

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Term limits for high ranking gov’t officials

April 16, 2011

Army General Raúl Castro has proposed limiting the term of high ranking officials of the regime to ten years in a central report he delivered before the opening session of the VI Cuban Communist Party Congress. Notable comments  from his speech: Rejected concentration of property in private hands Eventual elimination of the ration book and [...]

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VI PCC congress opens

April 16, 2011

         

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Party congress begins today

April 16, 2011

Cuba’s Sixth Communist Party Congress will begin this afternoon at 4 P.M., lasting four days.  The prior was held fourteen years ago. This congress coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the Bay of Pigs. A thousand delegates will “debate” the Political, Social, and Economic Guidelines Project. Congressional sessions will “analyze” and “approve” economic and social [...]

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Communist party congress convenes April 2011

November 8, 2010
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CDR will help explain economic changes

September 16, 2010

The Cuban Communist Party (Partido Comunista Cubano, PCC) has asked the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución, CDR) to help explain to the populace the economic changes that the Cuban government will undertake in the coming months. [Prensa Latina]

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