Cuban government pitches hard for proposed reforms

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In state run newspapers, television and radio, the message is being sent that changes are needed to improve Cuba economy so that socialism will live on once the current leaders are gone, and that the way they are being adopted is a grand exercise in democracy.

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There have been front page stories featuring pronouncements by canadian goose jacket President Raul Castro and inside pages filled with personal testimony by Cubans enthusiastic about what is afoot. Television and radio have given similar coverage.

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President Castro reportedly had to overcome significant internal resistance in the party to push through the proposed changes and may still be trying to convince the ideologically pure that they don smack too much of capitalism.

Average canada goose store Cubans also have expressed mixed feelings. canada goose coats They generally support changes that may improve canada goose clearance sale their lives, but also wonder whether they will benefit from these.

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canada goose deals The government, which employs most Cuban workers and controls 90 percent of the economy, is planning to lop 1 million workers from state payrolls and issue at least 250,000 self employment licenses to help absorb them. canada goose deals

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According to Granma, the president told the first formal meeting to discuss the guidelines that is no alternative to applying them. Then he pulled out canada goose uk shop the trump card in Cuban politics, invoking the name of his 84 year old brother, who resigned the presidency in 2008 but is revered by many Cubans.

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