Ricardo Alarcon

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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Diplomatic corner

July 23, 2010

European Union’s foreign relations ministers will begin debating early next week the consequences of the recent release of political prisoners in Cuba. [Europa Press] Germany demands of Havana “true reforms,” i.e. free elections and respect human rights. [Clarín] Dominican president Leonel Fernández meets with Army General Raul Castro and both countries sign agreements on diplomatic exchanges. [...]

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New attorney general takes charge

April 16, 2010

A handover ceremony occurred today in the Palace of the Revolution where Darío Delgado took charge as the new Cuban Attorney General. Outgoing prosecutor Juan Escalona held the post for seventeen years. In attendance where Army General Raul Castro, José Ramón Machado Ventura, Ricardo Alarcón (president of the National Assembly), Gladys Bejerano (Vice-President, Council of State) and other [...]

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One of the world’s oldest leaders

September 5, 2008

Foreign Policy magazine has published a list of The World

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Apathetic expectations

August 10, 2008

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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Issues discussed in Politburo & Council of State meeting

July 11, 2008

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 [...]

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