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Cuba's Communist Party Approves Sweeping Changes

HAVANA -- Communist Party delegates gave their blessing to a sweeping slate of economic changes designed to breathe life and a bit of free-market spirit into Cuba's moribund economy, and also voted in a new party leadership at a historic summit Monday. State television announced the unanimous approval of about 300...

Raul Castro Proposes Political Term Limits in Cuba

HAVANA - Raul Castro proposed term limits Saturday for Cuban politicians - including himself - a remarkable gesture on an island ruled for 52 years by him and his brother. The 79-year-old president lamented the lack of young leaders in government, saying the country was paying the price for errors made in the past. Castro...

Cuba Marks Bay of Pigs, Opens Pivotal Party Summit

HAVANA -- Cuba kicked off a crucial Communist Party congress Saturday with a big military and civilian parade to mark 50 years since the defeat of CIA-backed exiles at the Bay of Pigs, still celebrated here as a landmark triumph over the island's powerful neighbor to the north. Thousands of soldiers high-stepped through...

Fidel Castro: I Quit as Party Chief 5 Years Ago

HAVANA -- Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned five years ago from all his official positions, including head of Cuba's Communist Party, a position he was thought to still hold. It was the first time the 84-year-old revolutionary icon has said he no longer heads the Communist Party, which he has led since its creation in...

Cuba to Cut 500,000 Government Workers

HAVANA (Sept. 14) -- The big economic changes Cuba's communist leaders have been promising for years appear finally to be happening in earnest - and they will be hard. Cuba on Monday said it is laying off nearly half a million workers, an eye-popping figure in any country, but especially in a nation where the government...

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Visas Denied to Scholars to Attend Same Conference as Castro's Daughter

RaÃºl Castro's daughter Mariela received a visa to attend a conference of scholars next week, but several less prominent academics have been denied, according to conference organizers.

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Mariela Castro, Cuba President Raul Castro's Daughter, Backs Obama On Gay Marriage

Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter congratulated Barack Obama on Thursday for his support for gay marriage, but said his comments are just a first step toward changing policy.

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05/30/12 Castro niece champions gay rights in New York Source: Aljazeera.com The daughter of Raul Castro, Cuba's president, is taking her long standing fight for gay rights to the people of the US.
05/30/12 Cuban Dictator's Daughter Predictably Bashes U.S.,... Source: The Heritage Foundation Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban dictator Raul Castro and director of the Cuban National Center for Sex Education ( CENESEX ), used a visit to the U.S. to criticize American policy and endorse President Obama.
05/24/12 Raul Castro's daughter lauds Obama's gay marriage... Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela said on Wednesday she was surprised by the warm welcome she received on arrival in the United States and was heartened by President Barack Obama's support for same-sex marriage.
05/24/12 Castro's niece: "I would vote for Obama" Source: AdelaideNow - Australia Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro, also lamented a "small group of delinquents" who she said were preventing the warming of ties between Washington and Havana.
05/23/12 Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul... Source: AlertNet Mariela Castro Espin, daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro, speaks during a medical lecture for health care providers on care for transgender patients at San Francisco General Hospital in San Francisco, California May 23, 2012.

Background on Raul Castro

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz (born 3 June 1931) is a Cuban politician and revolutionary who has been President of the Council of State of Cuba and the President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba since 2008; he previously exercised presidential powers in an acting capacity from 2006 to 2008. Raúl Castro was a rebel commander during the 1950s; after his older brother, Fidel Castro, took power, Raúl Castro was one of the most important figures in the new regime, serving as Minister of the Armed Forces from 1959 to 2008. As President, he is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces (Army, Navy, and Air Force) and has also been First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) since 2011.

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