Massive debates launched in Cuba on economic reforms

[Judi Lynn]

Massive debates launched in Cuba on economic reforms
10:15, December 02, 2010

Cuba began on Wednesday massive national debates on the economic reforms undertaken by the government of Cuban Leader Raul Castro.

Those debates are the preparatory steps for the 6th Congress of the Communist Party to be held in April.

From Dec. 1 to Feb. 28, the new measures to "upgrade" the socialist economic model will be discussed in every nucleus of the Communist Party (CCP), the unions of the state companies and all the communities across the island state.

The CCP called on Wednesday all Cubans to participate in the discussion process and to "express their point of view, without hindrance."

More:
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/7218601.html

[social_critic]

1. This ought to get interesting

Maybe the Communist Party will have to change its name after this is over. Or they'll have to allow other parties to function.

A people ruled by a party which doesn't allow other parties to form, aren't really able to choose their future. Looking at the way these guys said they would do things, they are bound to fail - they are firing hundreds of thousands of government employees, but the employment opportunities in private enterprise are choked off by a suphocating bureaucracy. If they want to go capitalist with a social democracy similar to what they have in some European countries, Brazil, Chile, etc, they got a long way to go.