Havana - Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in a commentary published Tuesday endorsed the sacking of several top officials undertaken by his brother and successor, President Raul Castro.
On Monday, Raul announced a major cabinet reshuffle including the removal of several key figures, most notably foreign minister Felipe Perez Roque and Carlos Lage, who had been secretary of the Cuban Council of Ministers.
Fidel wrote that the changes had been discussed with him in advance.
Havana - Few visitors to Havana miss the Cathedral Square, where women wearing the white dress of Afro-Cuban Santeria priestesses and smoking huge cigars tell fortunes from tarot cards in front of the imposing baroque-style church.
Other women wearing colourful dresses reminiscent of Afro-Cuban goddesses and Spanish flamenco dancers pose for tourist cameras, while music bands blend the throb of the African drum with the melancholic sound of the violin.
Havana - This year's unprecedented parade of foreign leaders in Havana - six from Latin America and one from Africa - is a sign that at least one thing has changed in Cuba since February 24, 2008, when Raul Castro took over as president of the communist island.
Within the country, however, the great expectations about far- reaching structural changes in Cuba have virtually died over the last year.
For the international community, Cuba appears to have taken large strides.
Havana - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom "officially" apologized to Cuba for his country's involvement in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion sponsored by the US government.
On the final day of a state visit to the island, Colom also decorated Fidel Castro with Guatemala's highest award, and condemned the continuing US economic embargo against Cuba.
Havana - A year after Fidel Castro announced his retirement, doubts persist as to how far removed the iconic Cuban leader really is from the decision-making progress in the communist island.
Many Cubans continue to refer to him as "comandante," including his successor, Raul Castro, who admits to still consulting his older brother on all major issues.
Havana - Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in a commentary published Tuesday endorsed the sacking of several top officials undertaken by his brother and successor, President Raul Castro.
Havana - Few visitors to Havana miss the Cathedral Square, where women wearing the white dress of Afro-Cuban Santeria priestesses and smoking huge cigars tell fortunes from tarot cards in front of the imposing baroque-style church.
Havana - Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday undertook a
Havana - This year's unprecedented parade of foreign leaders in Havana - six from Latin America and one from Africa - is a sign that at least one thing has changed in Cuba since February 24, 2008, when Raul Castro took over as president of the communist island.
Havana - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom "officially" apologized to Cuba for his country's involvement in the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion sponsored by the US government.
