Ramiro Valdes

Nomenklatura remains entrenched (Updated)

April 19, 2011

2009 hrs Secretariat — Cuban Communist Party Encabezado por José Ramón Machado Ventura Esteban Lazo Hernández Abelardo Álvarez Gil Víctor Gaute López Olga Lidia Tapia Iglesias José Ramón Balaguer Misael Enamorado Dager Central Committee — Cuban Communist Party (There are 20 generals in the CC.) Misleydy Abad Modey Gral de Div. Onelio Aguilera Bermúdez Liudmila Álamo Dueñas Ricardo [...]

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VI PCC congress opens

April 16, 2011

         

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No. 3′s influence

January 8, 2011

Changes made by Raúl Castro’s government reinforces the influence of No. 3, Ramiro Valdés, the regime’s third man, who will supervise three key ministries (Construction, Basic Industry and Communications and Information). Ramirito, a “historico” of the Cuban revolution and member of Fidel Castro’s iron circle, is also Vice-President of the Council of Ministers and a member [...]

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Reshuffle of cabinet

January 6, 2011

The Cuban government announced a reshuffle of its Cabinet, relieving the minister in charge of construction (Fidel Figueroa) for undisclosed “errors” and stripping a powerful vice president of a secondary role he held as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. A government statement also said Ramiro Valdes would step down as head of the Telecommunications Ministry. Far [...]

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Energy usage is critical

June 17, 2010

Via Cuban state media: Commander of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez (Vice-President, Council of State and Ministers) has called energy consumption on the island, during the months of May and June, as critical with the tendency of increasing in both state and residential sectors. Valdés also called for extreme energy conservation. (Image: European Pressphoto Agency)

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Raul Castro’s possible successor

February 4, 2010

Axel Gyldén in L’Express, analyzes the possible succession of Raúl Castro by the nefarious Ramiro “Ramirito” Valdés, (former MININT minister and current Communications and Information Minister), who is in Venezuela to aid in solving the country’s energy crisis (Is he an expert in this area?) and to oversee the naming of Cuban military to the leadership [...]

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