Cuba’s new leader Miguel Diaz-Canel under pressure to accelerate reforms
Burly new leader of ruling Communist Party has quietly championed the fledgling private sector
20 April 2021 - 20:44
Havana — The new leader of Cuba’s ruling Communist Party may be the first born after its 1959 revolution but he is also a loyalist who is not expected to make significant changes to its one-party system and has moved only tentatively on market-style economic reforms.
Since succeeding his mentor Raúl Castro, 89, as president in 2018, Miguel Diaz-Canel, 60, has emphasised the need for continuity over renewal...
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