Reformist Raul?

October 2007 | Risk Summary

Cubans are being encouraged to attend workplace and neighbourhood meetings of the Communist Party, and to express their opinions freely about what needs to change. Raul Castro launched the process in a key speech on July 26th, when he admitted that wages were too low and agriculture needed structural reform. Although foreign journalists have not been allowed to attend the meetings, which are also not being reported in the official press, information leaking out suggests subjects covered have included low wages and high prices, poor housing, restrictions on buying cars and booking rooms in hotels reserved for tourists, the

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