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| Cuba opens 5-month transition likely to end Castro reign | |
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| Demagogue | Sep 5 2017, 10:53 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/09/04/cuba-opens-5-month-transition-likely-to-end-castro-reign.html HAVANA — Cuba on Monday began a five-month political transition expected to end with Raul Castro's departure from the presidency, capping his family's near-total dominance of the political system for nearly 60 years. Over the rest of September, Cubans will meet in small groups to nominate municipal representatives, the first in a series of votes for local, provincial and, finally, national officials. In the second electoral stage, a commission dominated by government-linked organizations will pick all the candidates for elections to provincial assemblies and Cuba's national assembly. The national assembly is expected to pick the president and members of the powerful Council of State by February. Castro has said he will leave the presidency by that date but he is expected to remain head of the Communist Party, giving him power that may be equal to or greater than the new president's. Cuban officials say 12,515 block-level districts will nominate candidates for city council elections to be held Oct. 22. |
| People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do them harm. | |
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| clone | Sep 5 2017, 11:10 AM Post #2 |
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I'm just glad I got to experience Cuba before the hipsters ruin it.... |
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Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence. | |
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