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BY ASHLEY CROCKETT
ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY
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Big changes ahead for
Just before this swap in leadership, the Cuban Congress approved significant economic and political changes. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman shares one unexpected decision.
“President Castro, who has served as defense minister for more than 50 years, talked about something else unheard of until now -- term limits.”
Euronews reports government leaders can now only serve two consecutive, five-year terms.
“Raul said it was ‘embarrassing’ that in 50 years the party had been unable to establish a steady stream of fresh blood in the party’s higher echelons, and that it ran the risk of being unable to replace the current elderly leadership with well-trained successors.”
On BBC, Stephen Wilkinson says he doesn’t doubt Fidel’s retirement -- but it’ll take some time before Cubans will see new faces in government.
“This is -- not, let’s not say a swan song -- but a ground-breaking Congress, because it’s setting the direction which he hopes he can put the party in so that the system that he and his brother and the others that run it at the moment will survive them.”
Another potential game changer -- for the first time in 50 years Cuban citizens can buy and sell private property. The Cuba Standard reports it could mean a major change for the Cuban economy.
“With the step towards creating a market, the government intends to tackle a pronounced housing shortage that … is getting worse as
But as the International Business Times suggests - it might not be that simple - or optimistic.
“...the party provided no details of how property transfers would now be done. Also, Raul Castro warned that the state would not allow people to have a concentration of property.”
Despite these significant developments, Newman reports one thing that will remain the same.
“What will not be changed, Castro made clear, is the Communist Party’s role as the one and only political party in
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