Raul Castro insists he will not change the economic policy in Cuba
The president of Cuba Raul Castro clarified on Saturday that the state will retain control of the island's economy, dispelling any expectations to the contrary portion political observers and foreign leaders, after a spectacular rapprochement of his country with the United States of America.
Speaking at the opening of the congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which designs that were made will draw political line for the next five years, Raul Castro stressed that the economic reforms that have been implemented will continue, but to reverse the previous conference in 2011.
"Cuba would never allow the application of so-called shock therapy, often implemented at the expense of the less privileged classes of society," said 84chronos Raul Castro during the two-hour speech at the party congress, which is conducted while yet not one months completed by the historic visit of US President Barack Obama on the island, according to the Athens Press Agency.
"The neoliberal recipes that promote rapid privatization of state property and utility sectors such as Education, Health and Social Security, they never applied for socialism in Cuba" continued the president of Cuba, who succeeded to power brother Fidel in 2008.
At the congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, the 1,000 participants are expected to assess the progress of 313 measures were approved in 2011 to "modernize" the Cuban socialist system.
The president of Cuba made it clear that the state economy that keeps the lion's share (80%) of economic activity on the island, "will continue to be the basic form (ed economic activity) of the national economy and the socio-economic system "but also that the development of private economic structures will remain controlled.
"Private enterprise will thrive in a well-defined framework and will provide a complementary element of the economy," he insisted, anticipating the refutation of "expectations of strong external forces" which thus wish to destabilize the "revolution government" and through private sector expansion.
In recent months Washington has eased economic sanctions against Cuba, allowing American companies to invest in small private sector of the country, created after the reforms implemented Raul Castro.
The conference, which will continue in camera as Tuesday, the officials of the Communist Party of Cuba is expected to adopt an economic development program whose implementation is planned to continue long after the departure of Raul Castro from power, expected in 2018: It covers the period 2016-2030.
For the modernization of the economy, the Cuban government drafted a law aiming to attract foreign investment, although with fairly strict conditions, while also allowing the operation of small private enterprises.
According to Cuban state media, 21% of the 313 economic modernization is deemed to have already brought satisfactory results, 77% is still in the phase of implementation, while the remaining 2% is left for the moment aside ' For various reasons".
Meanwhile, the Cuban diplomacy is activated, achieving rapprochement with the US and continuing negotiations with the European Union for the full restoration of bilateral relations.
The "opening" of Cuba which was expected for a long time will be a long process, given the reluctance of the government and the slowness in the implementation of several already planned reforms, such as elimination of the dual currency system, which was implemented in 2004.
In yesterday's speech, which was broadcast on state television, Castro justified the slowness of reforms citing the government will not find none of 11.1 million. Cubans at risk of hunger.
"This principle, to not let anyone decommissioned defines largely the pace of modernization of the Cuban economic model, which is undeniably the consequences of the international economic crisis (...) of the embargo," which require the US in his country since 1962.
"We will not allow these measures to create instability and uncertainty in the Cuban population," stressed the Cuban president.
The party congress is also expected to approve a reform of the electoral system with horizon 2018, which among other things would limit to two five-year terms in the highest state offices.
Even the Communist Party of Cuba is to elect the new members of the Supreme guidance body, the Central Committee (the outgoing has 116 members) and the Political Bureau of the CC (14 members).
Political observers will certainly carefully consider the new composition, since it is expected to give sufficiently clear indications of the ideological direction of the party and the new generation of executives in anticipation of the changing of the guard in the party.
The president of Cuba Raul Castro clarified on Saturday that the state will retain control of the island's economy, dispelling any expectations to the contrary portion political observers and foreign leaders, after a spectacular rapprochement of his country with the United States of America.
Speaking at the opening of the congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, which designs that were made will draw political line for the next five years, Raul Castro stressed that the economic reforms that have been implemented will continue, but to reverse the previous conference in 2011.
"Cuba would never allow the application of so-called shock therapy, often implemented at the expense of the less privileged classes of society," said 84chronos Raul Castro during the two-hour speech at the party congress, which is conducted while yet not one months completed by the historic visit of US President Barack Obama on the island, according to the Athens Press Agency.
"The neoliberal recipes that promote rapid privatization of state property and utility sectors such as Education, Health and Social Security, they never applied for socialism in Cuba" continued the president of Cuba, who succeeded to power brother Fidel in 2008.
At the congress of the Communist Party of Cuba, the 1,000 participants are expected to assess the progress of 313 measures were approved in 2011 to "modernize" the Cuban socialist system.
The president of Cuba made it clear that the state economy that keeps the lion's share (80%) of economic activity on the island, "will continue to be the basic form (ed economic activity) of the national economy and the socio-economic system "but also that the development of private economic structures will remain controlled.
"Private enterprise will thrive in a well-defined framework and will provide a complementary element of the economy," he insisted, anticipating the refutation of "expectations of strong external forces" which thus wish to destabilize the "revolution government" and through private sector expansion.
In recent months Washington has eased economic sanctions against Cuba, allowing American companies to invest in small private sector of the country, created after the reforms implemented Raul Castro.
The conference, which will continue in camera as Tuesday, the officials of the Communist Party of Cuba is expected to adopt an economic development program whose implementation is planned to continue long after the departure of Raul Castro from power, expected in 2018: It covers the period 2016-2030.
For the modernization of the economy, the Cuban government drafted a law aiming to attract foreign investment, although with fairly strict conditions, while also allowing the operation of small private enterprises.
According to Cuban state media, 21% of the 313 economic modernization is deemed to have already brought satisfactory results, 77% is still in the phase of implementation, while the remaining 2% is left for the moment aside ' For various reasons".
Meanwhile, the Cuban diplomacy is activated, achieving rapprochement with the US and continuing negotiations with the European Union for the full restoration of bilateral relations.
The "opening" of Cuba which was expected for a long time will be a long process, given the reluctance of the government and the slowness in the implementation of several already planned reforms, such as elimination of the dual currency system, which was implemented in 2004.
In yesterday's speech, which was broadcast on state television, Castro justified the slowness of reforms citing the government will not find none of 11.1 million. Cubans at risk of hunger.
"This principle, to not let anyone decommissioned defines largely the pace of modernization of the Cuban economic model, which is undeniably the consequences of the international economic crisis (...) of the embargo," which require the US in his country since 1962.
"We will not allow these measures to create instability and uncertainty in the Cuban population," stressed the Cuban president.
The party congress is also expected to approve a reform of the electoral system with horizon 2018, which among other things would limit to two five-year terms in the highest state offices.
Even the Communist Party of Cuba is to elect the new members of the Supreme guidance body, the Central Committee (the outgoing has 116 members) and the Political Bureau of the CC (14 members).
Political observers will certainly carefully consider the new composition, since it is expected to give sufficiently clear indications of the ideological direction of the party and the new generation of executives in anticipation of the changing of the guard in the party.
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