For over ten years the Marxist “Gerontocracia” led by General Raúl Castro (86) and Machado Ventura (87) has been carefully engaged in selecting the new generation of leaders to integrate a younger inner circle of power. On April 19, 2018, Miguel Díaz-Canel was designated President of the Council of State and Ministers by Cuba’s “Poder …
In preparation for the transfer of the Cuban presidency from General Raul Castro to Coronel Miguel Diaz-Canel on April. 19, the Cuban Communist Party-Political Bureau held its V Plenary meeting. · Raul Castro will remain as Secretary General of the Party and head of its Politburo, until 2021, the maximum authority according to Cuba’s Constitution. …
Cuban Studies Institute in Washington for Cuba Seminar The International Republican Institute hosted a seminar on Cuba organized by the Cuban Studies Institute for current and former U.S. officials at the IRI headquarters in D.C. on April 26, 2018. The morning seminar focused on the succession taking place in Cuba and implications for U.S. …
