New changes of government in Cuba very beginning of the year. This time, Raul Castro has dismissed the Minister of Construction, Fidel Figueroa, "for errors" in the performance of their functions, but without specifying which ones. The historic commander Ramiro Valdes, 78, comes also from the Ministry of Informatics and Communications, but maintains his position as vice president and will oversee strategic areas of the economy, basic industry and water resources, in addition to the sectors construction and information technology, so its position is reinforced.Has been appointed to replace a military environment Raul Castro, Brigadier General Medardo Diaz Toledo, a communications engineer who has spent 48 years in various positions in the Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), including chief Communications Directorate. Since being named president in February 2008, Raul Castro has been renewed more than 60% of the Council of Ministers Fidel era, including heavyweights such as former Vice President Carlos Lage and former Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque.
The latest recall was sounded by the Minister of Basic Industry Yadira García, last September, "deficiencies in management" and "weak control over resources for productive investment process and basic industry." In this case, the change in the Ministry of Construction was seen coming. For some time the official press openly criticized the performance of the industry and denounced flagrant cases of violations and inefficiencies, offering revealing figure is that this ministry had on staff more vigilant (12,000) that masons and laborers (8,000), due to constants "diversion of resources.
To replace Figueroa was appointed René Mesa Villafaña, a civil engineer, 52, who served since 2007 as president of the National Institute of Water Resources will take place now Ines Maria Chapman Waugh, head of the agency itself . The government reshuffle is not caliber, but it confirms what is already a line is drawn: the continuing rise of military key positions in these times of economic change, and the important role they played until the last moment the historical asset more when Raul Castro has stated that the only alternative to save the revolution is to adapt to new times.
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