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| Former Cuban president Fidel Castro gestures during the final session of the 6th Cuban Communist Party Congress, on April 19, 2011 at the Convention Palace in Havana. (Adalberto Roque / AFP / Getty Images) |
Fidel Castro officially removed as head of Cuban Communist Party
The end of an otherwise extraordinary congress sees senior party stalwarts appointed to top posts and leaves the Politburo little changed.
April 20, 2011
By Tracy Wilkinson
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Mexico City—
It became official Tuesday: Fidel Castro was formally removed from the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party for the first time since its formation nearly 50 years ago.
But despite expectations that the new party leadership would begin to usher in a younger generation, senior stalwarts were appointed to the top posts.
The moves came at the end of an extraordinary congress of the ruling party in which participants also endorsed a potentially far-reaching package of economic reforms.
Cuban President Raul Castro, as expected, was elected first secretary of the Communist Party, replacing his ailing brother. But for the second slot, Castro named an 80-year-old hard-line communist official long seen as his right-hand man, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura.
In fact, by one count, the new 15-member Politburo, only slightly changed from the previous one, has just three members younger than 60; half are in their 70s.
New faces included Mercedes Lopez Acea, 46, head of the Communist Party in Havana, and, significantly, Marino Murillo, 50, a former economy minister recently placed in charge of the broad economic reforms that Raul Castro, 79, has made the centerpiece of his government.
The congress endorsed those reforms, which are believed to include issuing more licenses for small businesses, slashing bloated state payrolls and allowing, for the first time, the buying and selling of private property.
But Castro, in Tuesday's closing speech, said it could take five years for the new measures to be enacted, a timeline that some experts say is too protracted to save Cuba's flailing economy.
"We are not under the illusion that … [the measures] by themselves are the solution to all the problems that exist," Castro said. "Updating the economic model is not a miracle that can be achieved overnight, as some people think."
The text of the speech was made available by the Havana-based news agency Prensa Latina, and video of Castro delivering it was broadcast by Granma, the official Communist Party news service.
Castro has also proposed limiting party and government officials, including the president, to two five-year terms. That had been a taboo topic in a country where either Fidel or Raul have ruled for half a century. Both have also held the two top posts in the Communist Party since it was formed in 1965.
As for his brother's decision to leave the party leadership, Raul Castro said Fidel did not need a formal title to validate his position as the historic father of the revolution. As if to underscore the point, Fidel Castro, 84, made a surprise appearance at the congress' closing session, helped to the dais by an aide as delegates gave him a sustained standing ovation.
Fidel Castro recently revealed that when he fell ill in 2006, and nearly died, he not only relinquished the presidency but also his party role.
"I knew the state of my health was grave," he wrote this week to explain his decision. "But I was at peace. The revolution would go on."
14 comments:
Could you please leave Dr. Hun Sen alone? Dr. Hun Sen will be remain as Cambodia PM until he reaches 91 years old as he promises.
I love Dr. Hun Sen unlike you guys hate him so much.
I feel very sorry for Dr. Hun Sen because he has mental illness known as major bipolar disoder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
If you guys don't believe me watch all his speech and analysis base on Psycharist profession methods, you will see very clear that he is suffer from major bipolar disorder and obsessive compulsive disorder.
I love you my dear Dr. Hun Sen. I will support you until you reach 101 as PM of Cambodia.
KI, Hun Xen will learn your lesson in at least another 30 years, if you go by Fidel Castro's age.
Kuoy Pichet
Var Kim Hong does recognize that Cambodia, if compared to the colonial Service Geographique de l’Indochine scale map 1/100,000 and the 1985 delimitation treaty, will loses 9,000 hectares; and compared to U.S Army Mapping Service scale map 1/50,000 with the 1985 Treaty, would lose about 7,900 hectares to Vietnam. This statement was confirmed by Var Kim Hong to Mr. Touch Bora Esq through a telephone conversation on 30 August 2002 at 4:30 p.m. (Sydney time), which Mr. Touch Bora Esq wrote in his letter dated on 9 September 2002 sent to Sam Dach Ta Noroudom Sihanouk concerning over border affairs.
In fact, the loss is absolutely more than the 1000 square kilometers stated by MP Sam Rainsy in his statement, if we add the size of the historical water of 30000 square kilometers awarded to Vietnam under the 1982 Agreement which has been into affect and now already become under the full control of Vietnam. And this would not be the last if the equidistance principle be used to delimit the maritime boundary, Cambodia will lose an additional area of sea and seabed measuring at least 860 square nautical miles from the Brevie Line to the north, analyzed by Mr. Touch Bora Esq or another 10000 square kilometers confirmed by Mr. Sean Pengse, the President of the Cambodian Border Committee Worldwide, which exclusively include another Koh Poula Wai to Vietnam added to the previous lost islands- Koh Tral (Dao Phu Quoc) and Koh Poulo Panjang (Dao Thu Chu).
This is why sVar Kim Hong said in front of Students´s Movement for Democracy (SMD), and Sam Dach Ta Norodom Sihanouk on 22 Janaury 2000 during our audience with him concerning the border resolution with Vietnam that; “If we want peace, we must sacrifice our flesh to the tiger.” The truth is discovered now that, “Sacrifice the flesh to tiger actually means cutting our land to the Viet.” This word was clearly spoken out from his mouth and there were Sam Dach Ta as witness and 31 members.
We must condemn this Var Kim Hong for his role in helping the traitorous regime of Hun Sen.
Smart Khmer Girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
long live hun sen! dead to cambodia!
For Cuba, it is difference from us. Nobody controlling or colonizing or even allow illegal Yuon flow into its country like Cambodia.
On the other hand if Hun Sen purely control Cambodia by himself I don't care how long he is controlling Cambodia but he is under YUON controls.
That is the differences!!!
Please Hun Sen, bring more viet immigrants. We'll vote for you, so you can be a prime minister forever.
ពួកអាបក្សប្រឆាំងបើគ្រាន់បើម្តេចមិនទៅកម្ចាត់ពួក
ខ្មែរក្រហមនៅពេលនោះឲ្យទាន់ពេលទៅ?
កុំចេះតែនិយាយគ្មានបានការនោះ!ម្តេចមិននាំពួកអាបរទេសស្បែកសទៅវាយយកពលរដ្ធខ្មែរអំពីខ្មែរក្រហមទៅ?ប្រជាជនខ្មែរលោកមិនភ្លេចគុណជារាងរហួត!
ចុះហេតុដួចម្តេចបានជាបក្សប្រឆាំងមកស្រែកលោងៗ
ដួចជាឆ្កែឥញ្ចឹងនៅពេលនេះទៅវិញ?ពួកណេះមិន
ខុសអំពីពួកអាលុននលនោះទេ។
Ah Hun Sen, one day your fate will be ens like Saddam Hussen. It is coming!
Fidel Castro was one of Khmer Rouge
supporter.Is he still one of Hun Sen
supporter?Yes,he is.
Fidel Castro daughter lived in USA.
The USA paid 20K (Alina Fernandez) to Cuban Radio against her father regime.
Will be one of Hun Sen son or daughter against his/her father?
well he's not 90 yet, so why ask now?
I said, "will be one of Hun Sen son or daughter against his/her
father?"It is the future tense.
It can be ten or twenty more a head
of time?
Go and learn some more grammar.
CPP Yuon Officials and Hun Sen (Hanoi's puppet) will be destroyed soon. No date and time have not been set up yet, but very soon.
Many Yuon/Vietgook folks, CPP Yuon supporters and evil Yuon friends and family members of the bad ass Hun Sen will be gone to Vietcong Hanoi. Those stupid and evil folks as mentions above always feel good to say such things to make Cambodian/Khmer people feel discouraged, but they are playing with the feelings of Khmer/Cambodian people. Please don't listen to them. They are the ones will face the real problems and collapse one of these days. For examples, those evil Youn folks and CPP Yuon/Hun Sen supporters say somethings in the following as politics and games:
1. Keep dreaming and will not happen.
2. Khmer are stupid and always keep fighting each others. They pretend to be Khmer and then say such things to make Khmer/Cambodian people look bad.
3. Khmer/Cambodian slaves bow to Vietnam
4. Cambodia will be part of Vietnam
5. Khmer people drink Vietnamese people's pee in the Mekong Lakes
6. They laugh at Khmer people
7. Tell other people like Americans, British, French, Mexicans, etc that they are Khmer and then they cause Khmer to hate Khmer, make Khmer people look very bad.
8. They try to scare Khmer people and kill Khmer/Cambodia people
9. and more
10.....Please list as much as they can
So, Khmer people don't be fooled or scare. We can fight back hard to scare the heck of Yuon people, CPP folks. You can have anything to protect yourself. We can beat Yuon CPP bodyguards if they beat Khmer people. Khmer people all together in the millions of us including myself are brave and dying to fight and destroy Yuon folks and CPP, Hun Sen. If they use weapons to destroy Khmer, Khmer will use the same weapons and long with the outsiders who are in favor of Khmer/Cambodian people. Vietcong/Yuon folks, CPP Yuon bastards and Hun Sen will not have friends from outsides or powerful countries in the world, USA, Canada, S. Korea, France, UK, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, S. Africa, Egypt, Qatar, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Swedish, Poland, Turkey, and more. If Vietnamese Communist bastards dare to destroy or kill Khmer people in order to help protect their puppet Hun Sen and illegal CPP Yuon officials and their hidden Yuon faces to pretend to be Khmer bodyguards, etc. They will get hit and destroyed by Khmer heroes and real Khmer/Cambodian military and soldiers.
Please, Khmer people, don't be fooled and don't be afraid. If you are afraid of Hun Sen and CPP Yuon bastards, that means you are weak and they will trick you Khmer people. Please wake up. I will be there to join forces along with the outsiders from all the world. You have your encouragement and don't give up hope. Remembers, Yuon/Vietcong folks, CPP and Hen Sen tried to scare you, but don't be scare. Just fight back and throw the shoes at them. If they use the weapons, Khmer people will use the weapons and guys, too.
Hun Sen, CPP Yuon bastards, illegal Yuon folks in Cambodia will be scared because of Khmer/Cambodian uprising and they will know that Khmer/Cambodia people are dying to fight and destroy those evil Yuon CPP bastards, Hun Send and kick out illegal Yuon residents living in Cambodian.
Please, all Khmer people be prepared to fight back along with the helps and supports from the outsiders and powerful countries in the world.
Long live Hun Sen & Vietnam, death to all Cambodians!!
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