Sixty Days of Power: Raul's Track Record
Two months after being designated by Fidel Castro as acting-president of Cuba, Raul Castro Ruz has begun to leave his stamp on guiding Cuba: he is more open to teamwork and to give leadership roles to some of his collaborators -- as he did as chief of the Ministry of Armed Forces.
In the last 60 days, two persons, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, and Vice President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Politburo Carlos Lage Davila, have been close to the No. 2 man in the Cuban hierarchy in the public activities of government, in domestic and foreign affairs in which they have participated.
According to diverse analysts, whether or not Fidel Castro recuperates from his illness which caused him to be provisionally separated from power on July 31, the Raul-Lage-Perez Roque axis is the key to any short-term or long-term political equation.
Raul in discussion with Fidel.
this is an archive picture.
Since he has been in charge of government, Raul Castro has named the Minister of Communications and Information (the storied commander Ramiro Valdes, who on two occasions was Minister of Interior); he successfully presided over the Cuban delegation to the XIV Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries that concluded September 16 in Havana; and he sent, for the first time ever, the chief of the ideological apparatus of the Communist Party, Esteban Lazo, as Cuba's representative to the inauguration of the 61 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Raul Castro aslo gave a sweeping speech on interior "errors and deficiencies" during the closing of the 19th Congress of the Workers' Central of Cuba, and served as host to Russian Prime Minister Mikail Fradkov who has now given the island a credit of USD $350 million for Cuba to buy goods and services from that country.
The naming of Valdes on August 3oth had immediate repercussions. Upon being placed in charge of the strategic area of communications, Valdes fired Jose Antonio Fernández as chief of Telecommunications Enterprises of Cuba .
The aforesaid company, with an income of more than USD $400 million and in which Telecom-Italia has a 27 percent interest, is one of the most powerful companies in Cuba. Valdes also dismissed the president of the huge state-run corporation, COPEXTEL, that imports, assembles, and distributes communications equipment, computers, and other technology. Neither of these dismissals have been published by the Cuban press.
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In the last 60 days, two persons, Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque, and Vice President and Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Politburo Carlos Lage Davila, have been close to the No. 2 man in the Cuban hierarchy in the public activities of government, in domestic and foreign affairs in which they have participated.
According to diverse analysts, whether or not Fidel Castro recuperates from his illness which caused him to be provisionally separated from power on July 31, the Raul-Lage-Perez Roque axis is the key to any short-term or long-term political equation.
Raul in discussion with Fidel.
this is an archive picture.
Since he has been in charge of government, Raul Castro has named the Minister of Communications and Information (the storied commander Ramiro Valdes, who on two occasions was Minister of Interior); he successfully presided over the Cuban delegation to the XIV Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries that concluded September 16 in Havana; and he sent, for the first time ever, the chief of the ideological apparatus of the Communist Party, Esteban Lazo, as Cuba's representative to the inauguration of the 61 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Raul Castro aslo gave a sweeping speech on interior "errors and deficiencies" during the closing of the 19th Congress of the Workers' Central of Cuba, and served as host to Russian Prime Minister Mikail Fradkov who has now given the island a credit of USD $350 million for Cuba to buy goods and services from that country.
The naming of Valdes on August 3oth had immediate repercussions. Upon being placed in charge of the strategic area of communications, Valdes fired Jose Antonio Fernández as chief of Telecommunications Enterprises of Cuba .
The aforesaid company, with an income of more than USD $400 million and in which Telecom-Italia has a 27 percent interest, is one of the most powerful companies in Cuba. Valdes also dismissed the president of the huge state-run corporation, COPEXTEL, that imports, assembles, and distributes communications equipment, computers, and other technology. Neither of these dismissals have been published by the Cuban press.
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