Houston Chronicle reports on the Cubans’ apathetic feeling and prices spiraling upward even for a mango yet the Cuban government has a difference view: Cubans face economic difficulties, but “there are no tanks on the street corners,” said Miguel Alvarez, chief adviser to Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba’s National Assembly. Cuba, Alvarez said, is a [...]
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Shake-up: top ministers replaced (Updated)
March 2, 2009Via AP: Cuba abruptly replaced some of its most powerful and visible officials on Monday, including Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The surprise shakeup, involving about 10 top officials, was announced at the end of the midday newscast by Cuba’s supreme governing body, the Council of State. Among others replaced [...]