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Díaz-Canel heads the PCC. Díaz-Canel replaces Raúl Castro as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel replaced Raúl Castro as first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba on Monday, on the fourth and last day of the VIII Congress of the political formation.

The 300 delegates present at the meeting endorsed the report that places the development of the national economy, together with "ideological firmness", among the main missions of the Cuban single party, according to state media.

The meeting, which concludes today, was held behind closed doors and without access to the foreign press.

In his central report, Raúl Castro repeated, as in the last Congress, that the election of Díaz-Canel is not the result of improvisation, but that he is a thought-out candidate. 

 

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8th PCC Congress recognizes the non-compliance with its own dictates. Party Congress recognizes that only 30% of the guidelines have been put into practice. (Photo: Granma)

The resolution of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) recognizes that only 30% of the guidelines on the "Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution" approved at the 6th Congress, held 10 years ago, have been implemented. But, worse than that is that nowhere in the document is there any criticism for the delay and inefficiency.

According to the report read by Alejandro Gil Fernandez, Minister of Economy and Planning, 40% of the 244 approved policies are in implementation and the remaining 30% are in the proposal and approval stage. 

 

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Raul Castro's retirement does not presuppose any change, it is only the end of his physical presence at the top of the terrible communist organization, an entity that governs the island's destinies beyond the government and the State itself.

Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Spain - These days, several sites around the world make mention of Raul Castro's withdrawal from the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in the midst of the celebration of the VIII Congress of the only party organization officially recognized by the Castro regime.

In general, most of the reports I have consulted agree on a few points, among which stands out the idea of the transfer of absolute powers to Miguel Díaz Canel, the current president of Cuba, which means the definitive withdrawal of the Castros from the political scene of the island, as well as the possible changes that this could cause in relation to the political statism of the country and its repercussion in the economic sphere. 

 

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Castroism expands control over the Internet. New decree law will allow the dictatorship greater control over the internet, social networks and communications.

The Cuban regime will strengthen its control over the Internet and social networks with the approval of a new decree-law that will allow it to regulate new technologies and communication.

The National Assembly approved the legal norm, called "On Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies, and the Use of the Radioelectric Spectrum", which will impose a legal framework to "counteract radioelectric and cyberspace aggressions".

 

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