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Raúl Castro se despide en plena crisis económica en Cuba

(FILES) In this file handout picture released by Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu on July 8, 2016, Cuban President Raul Castro (L) talks with First Vice-Presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel during the First Annual Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Convention Palace in Havana.
The Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power in Cuba approached its end on April 18, 2018 as the country's National Assembly named number two Miguel Diaz-Canel as the sole candidate for the presidency. Diaz-Canel, a 57-year-old Communist Party official and the current first vice president, is due to be confirmed Thursday as the successor to Raul Castro, who himself succeeded his elder brother Fidel.
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(FILES) In this file handout picture released by Cuban official website www.cubadebate.cu on July 8, 2016, Cuban President Raul Castro (L) talks with First Vice-Presidente Miguel Diaz-Canel during the First Annual Session of the Cuban Parliament at the Convention Palace in Havana. The Castro brothers' six-decade grip on power in Cuba approached its end on April 18, 2018 as the country's National Assembly named number two Miguel Diaz-Canel as the sole candidate for the presidency. Diaz-Canel, a 57-year-old Communist Party official and the current first vice president, is due to be confirmed Thursday as the successor to Raul Castro, who himself succeeded his elder brother Fidel. / AFP PHOTO / www.cubadebate.cu / ISMAEL FRANCISCO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /www.cubadebate.cu" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS AFP

En el peor momento de la economía cubana en casi 30 años, el congreso del Partido Comunista, que marca la salida de Raúl Castro del poder, tendrá que acentuar las reformas dirigidas a una mayor apertura a la empresa privada.

La cita, del 16 al 19 de abril, se celebra en un momento crítico, después de que la economía de la isla se desplomó un 11% en 2020, la mayor caída desde 1993.

Desde el principio de este año, el presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel apretó el acelerador con una profunda reforma financiera para enfrentar la crisis derivada de la pandemia del covid-19, del reforzamiento del embargo estadounidense y las distorsiones y desequilibrios internos del país.

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