NEWSWEEK March 2009 For years, two tidbits of conventional wisdom have dominated debates among Cubanologists (a tropical subspecies of former Kremlinologists). First, that Deputy Prime Minister and economic czar Carlos Lage has been in charge of running the island economy since the early '90s, and, despite differences of opinion regarding his performance, was seen as […]
The US Congress has turned back time on Cuban American Travel to Cuba to around the year 2000. Back then, in the booming pre crisis days, Cuban Americans were able to visit family once a year. President Bush, along with other draconian measures on sending money to family members, stemmed travel to Cuba by the Cuban […]
Today has seen both ex officials hand in their figurative notices to the party they once were emblematic figures of.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JCGoqknWlY[/youtube]Felipe Perez Roque and Carlos Lage slated as "undignified" but why? The foreign minister and cabinet chief ousted in Cuba's political shakeup were driven by ambition to "undignified" behavior, ex-president Fidel Castro said, adding that he was consulted on the changes. In the biggest cabinet reshuffle in Cuba's 50 years of communist history, President Raul […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR9ZTY4WDyI[/youtube] This "was" Carlos Lage voting
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmehexHdGvo[/youtube] Felipe Perez Roque Before getting fired
Felipe Perez Roque who had been Havana's chief diplomat since May 1999, was replaced by his deputy, Bruno Rodriguez. Carlos Lage, a vice-president who had far-reaching economic powers, was also removed from his post as executive secretary of the Council of Ministers, but it was not clear whether he would stay on as […]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLY84dam0EU[/youtube] CNN´s take on the government shake up "undignified?"
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bUTO5YSlYU[/youtube] News on removal of both
