Revolutionary Armed Forces

Defense vice-minister co-presides over workers’ meeting

September 17, 2011

Army Corps General Joaquín Quinta Solá (FAR Vice-Minister) co-presided over the 88th National Council of the Workers’ Central Union of Cuba (CTC) in Havana. The first subject addressed to workers was a report by ACG Quinta on the Revolutionary Armed Forces reaching combat readiness. ACG Quinta was the Chief of the Central Army (1987-2008).  [Cuban state [...]

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Military interventions in Latin America

June 16, 2011

The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report (pdf) this month on military coups in Latin America entitled: Constitutional Coups? Military Interventions in Latin America, authored by Howard Wiarda and Hilary Collins, both from CSIS’ Americas Program. Wiarda is also professor of International Relations at the University of Georgia and has an ample body [...]

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Armed forces elect delegates to Party Congress

March 4, 2011

Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias—FAR) elected 65 delegates that will represent the military in the VI Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) which will be held in April. Among those elected are Army Corps Generals Julio Casas, Leopoldo Cintra, Álvaro López, Ramón Espinosa y Joaquín Quinta. [Prensa Latina]

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Threat or Paranoia?

September 3, 2010

The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a London-based independent think tank engaged in defense and security research, asks in its analysis of Cuba, how much of a threat does the Communist regime really pose to the world’s only superpower: Raúl’s position as head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias – FAR), who were [...]

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Corruption in Havana

June 2, 2010

Spanish journalist Vicente Botín has written a new biography on Army General and Cuban President Raúl Castro entitled, Raúl Castro: la pulga que cabalgó al tigre (Raúl Castro: The Flea that Rode the Tiger), which will be published later this week. The title of the book is derived from the Chinese proverb: “He who rides a tiger [...]

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Cuban delegation attends Russian security exhibition

May 18, 2010

Civil Defense Chief Division General Ramón Pardo Guerra, who arrived in Moscow last Sunday, met with Russian Minister of Emergency Situation Serguei Shoigu and attended today the inauguration ceremony of the  2010 Intergrated Safety and Security Exhibition (ISSE) fair at the All-Russia Exhibition Center in Moscow, reports Cuban state media. Fair exhibits include Fire Protection, Rescue Equipment, Security [...]

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