Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Cuba, via the economic reforms and Fidel out of the CCP Committee

 - Cutting state workers, phasing out of the ration book and expansion of private enterprise: these are some of the reforms proposed by President Raul Castro Cobano and approved today by the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). Reforms that "update" socialism, but again based on the schedule, even if "take account of market trends." "The economic policy of the party - the Congress says a document released yesterday - will follow the principle that only socialism can overcome difficulties and preserve the achievements of the Revolution and updating the economic model that will dominate the schedule, which will take into account trends market ".

In addition to the state socialist society, which "will remain the main form in the national economy, Cuba will recognize" foreign investment, cooperatives, small farmers, beneficiary, and self-employed. " The 997 delegates of the Sixth Congress, which closes today, voted for the reform project, The Congress also elected a new Central Committee of CCP, which today will hold its first meeting, which will be elected to political office.

In the closing ceremony at 10 am local time (16 in Italy) will be made public the names of the new leadership of the party. Raul Castro, 79, second secretary of the party, could be appointed Chief Secretary in place of Fidel, a former Cuban president - on his part - he asked not to be part of the new Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and supported the proposal of the President Raul to limit the political mandates to two periods of five years.

In an article published today, said Fidel to his brother Raul had said that "the most important thing was that I was not there" in the list of members of the Central Committee, elected to the Sixth Congress of the CCP and that today will be made public.

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