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Cuba's Raul Castro steps down
by 8DonCo Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:08 pm
Havana (CNN)When Raul Castro announced three years ago that he would step down in 2021 as head of Cuba's all-powerful communist party, he surely envisioned the island on firmer economic footing and the transition to a new generation of leadership nearly complete.
Things have not worked out exactly according to Castro's plan.
As Castro announced he was stepping down on Friday, his country is deep in crisis. The tourism-dependent island has been battered by the pandemic; the economy shrunk at least 11% in 2020 according to government estimates. Cubans each day spend hours in long lines to find increasingly scarce food, medicine and other necessities.
While Cuban officials have made an all-out effort to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, cases are at an all-time high on the island. It will likely take many more months to know if Cuba's ambitious, "Hail Mary" plan to develop the island's own homegrown vaccines will prove successful.
Things have not worked out exactly according to Castro's plan.
As Castro announced he was stepping down on Friday, his country is deep in crisis. The tourism-dependent island has been battered by the pandemic; the economy shrunk at least 11% in 2020 according to government estimates. Cubans each day spend hours in long lines to find increasingly scarce food, medicine and other necessities.
While Cuban officials have made an all-out effort to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, cases are at an all-time high on the island. It will likely take many more months to know if Cuba's ambitious, "Hail Mary" plan to develop the island's own homegrown vaccines will prove successful.
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Re: Cuba's Raul Castro steps down
by 8DonCo Fri Apr 16, 2021 4:08 pm
chuyện lạ, cộng sản mà có vụ từ chức 
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