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Cuba's likely next president pledges more responsive gov't

poweRob

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Now this will be quite neat if this guy's word is good. I sure hope so. It's long past time the old guard give way to the next generation. Not only there but here.

Cuba's likely next president pledges more responsive gov't

Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger generation of officials.

Along with millions of Cubans, 57-year-old vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel voted to ratify a government-approved list of members of the National Assembly, which convenes April 19. Diaz-Canel, who is expected to assume Raul Castro's seat as president that day, said the country's next government will be more responsive to its people.

Miguel Diaz-Canel told reporters in the central city of Santa Clara that "the people will participate in the decisions that the government takes."​
 
poweRob said:
Now this will be quite neat if this guy's word is good. I sure hope so. It's long past time the old guard give way to the next generation. Not only there but here.

Cuba's likely next president pledges more responsive gov't

Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger generation of officials.

Along with millions of Cubans, 57-year-old vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel voted to ratify a government-approved list of members of the National Assembly, which convenes April 19. Diaz-Canel, who is expected to assume Raul Castro's seat as president that day, said the country's next government will be more responsive to its people.

Miguel Diaz-Canel told reporters in the central city of Santa Clara that "the people will participate in the decisions that the government takes."​
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Not many are expecting much reform, however. From your link:

Despite the change in tone, few Cubans on Sunday expected Diaz-Canel to bring about immediate or dramatic reform. The vice president has long been seen as Castro's hand-picked successor, and he has consistently emphasized maintaining continuity in Cuba's single-party political system and centrally planned economy.
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HowardBThiname said:
Not many are expecting much reform, however. From your link:
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I dunno. I don't know the guy but Raul was a pretty big departure from Fidel. It may not look like it from our end but the thawing of relations between our countries I'd imagine was a massive change on their end. Hell any change would be big for them it would seem.
 
poweRob said:
Now this will be quite neat if this guy's word is good. I sure hope so. It's long past time the old guard give way to the next generation. Not only there but here.

Cuba's likely next president pledges more responsive gov't

Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger generation of officials.

Along with millions of Cubans, 57-year-old vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel voted to ratify a government-approved list of members of the National Assembly, which convenes April 19. Diaz-Canel, who is expected to assume Raul Castro's seat as president that day, said the country's next government will be more responsive to its people.

Miguel Diaz-Canel told reporters in the central city of Santa Clara that "the people will participate in the decisions that the government takes."​
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Good good good. This guy is too young to have been in the revolution, and I've been expecting that when the last revolutionary dies the country will get nore liberal. Kind of like when the last WW2 vet in the Soviet government died.
 
Perhaps Cuba will take a tiny step toward democracy, and perhaps not. Cuba has never been free, as it went from dictator Batista to dictator Castro. There is no tradition of liberty, but if it at least has a peaceful transition of power, that's a good thing, much better than it dissolving into civil war.
 
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