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Wind of change set to ruffle Cuban communists
Half a century after Cuban revolutionaries fought off an American
attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro with the Bay of Pigs invasion, the
communist party there is holding a congress that is expected to bring
radical change.
The gathering is the first for 14 years and today's leader Raul Castro
will likely bring in liberal economic reforms similar to those
introduced by China and Vietnam.
One opponent who fought with Castro during the revolution said the
leadership must prepare for the future.
The leader of Cuban Change, Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo said: 'Fidel and Raul
Castro consider themselves eternal. They think they will keep power
until the last minute and they haven't worked on building on the younger
generations, younger figures that could succeed them and have a
progressive mentality.'
Fidel Castro, who is now 84, handed control of Cuba to his brother Raul
in 2008.
But the current leader turns 80 himself in June, and both the leadership
and the regime are creaking with age in a 21st century world.
That could be about to change.
http://www.euronews.net/2011/04/16/wind-of-change-set-to-ruffle-cuban-communists/
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