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appalachiablue

(41,146 posts) Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:11 AM Dec 2019

Cuba Names Manuel Marrero Cruz As First Prime Minister Since 1976

Source: BBC News

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has appointed the country's first prime minister in more than 40 years - the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero Cruz.

The post of prime minister was scrapped in 1976 by the then revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. It was reinstated under the rules of a new constitution for the communist-run island passed earlier this year.

Mr Marrero, 56, will take on some of the responsibilities that currently fall to the president. "The head of government will be the administrative right hand of the president of the republic," state-run online news outlet Cubadebate said.

However, critics say any such changes are purely cosmetic as the Cuban Communist Party and the military remain the only two real decision-making institutions on the island. - MORE...

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-50881820

- Manuel Marrero Cruz, rt, was appointed at a National Assembly session also attended by fmr president Raúl Castro, left.

'Quiet docks, empty streets … Cubans count the cost as tourists stay away,' The Guardian, Dec, 21, 2019.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/21/havana-cubans-count-cost-as-tourists-stay-away-trump-sanctions

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Cuba Names Manuel Marrero Cruz As First Prime Minister Since 1976 (Original Post) appalachiablue Dec 2019 OP

Ted's cousin. James48 Dec 2019 #1

This gives me shades of this: Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #2

There's a lot going on in government and the media when it comes down to foreign policy. abqtommy Dec 2019 #3

James48

(4,436 posts)

1. Ted's cousin.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:17 AM

Dec 2019

That should be good for tourism.

Humanist_Activist

(7,670 posts)

2. This gives me shades of this:

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 10:15 AM

Dec 2019

https://www.brasilwire.com/if-uk-media-wrote-about-the-uk-like-it-does-latin-america/

Seriously, what's with all the extreme bias when reporting on Latin American countries?

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

3. There's a lot going on in government and the media when it comes down to foreign policy.

Reply to Humanist_Activist (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:09 AM

Dec 2019

I think it goes back at least to the Monroe Doctrine and survives today as a nationalistic attitude
(not necessarily my attitude or yours) towards countries that some think should be subservient to our interests. Of course our interests aren't always their interests. Our interests aren't always ethical, either. Quelle surprise! There's probably lots of books that have been written on this topic but for me the short
answer to individuals in the government who make these decisions is "Quit being an asshole!"

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