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Cuba Libre ? Castro-Free Cuba in 2018 - cbelt3 - 02-25-2013
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/world/americas/cuba-castro/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
"Havana (CNN) -- Cuban President Raul Castro said Sunday that he would step down from power in 2018, when his second term as president is set to end.
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Interesting. How will this affect the continuing economic changes going on in Cuba ? "Laying off" huge numbers of people in the last few years, but apparently not really allowing capitalism to properly rear its strictly non-Marxist head.
Re: Cuba Libre ? Castro-Free Cuba in 2018 - OWC Jamie - 02-25-2013
Let's hope David Letterman finds some inspiration to do the same.
They could both retire in Miami.
Re: Cuba Libre ? Castro-Free Cuba in 2018 - Acer - 02-25-2013
Depends on who the new guy is. Dictatorships are rarely reformed from the top down even when the dictator changes.
Re: Cuba Libre ? Castro-Free Cuba in 2018 - Rolando - 02-26-2013
But he will be ok if he's OUR dictator, right?
Like the guy from Panama and Iraq?