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Cuba's Communist Party to Hold Congress

   VOA News 09 November 2010
   Cuba's   President   Raul  Castro,  right,  reacts  while  Venezuela's
   President  Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting in Havana, Cuba, 8 Nov,
   2010

Photo: AP

   Cuba's   President   Raul  Castro,  right,  reacts  while  Venezuela's
   President  Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting in Havana, Cuba, 8 Nov,
   2010

   Cuban  President Raul Castro says the ruling Communist Party will hold
   a congress in April, the first party congress to be held in Cuba since
   1997.
   Mr. Castro said the island's leaders will meet to chart a new economic
   future  for  the  country.   He  made  the announcement after meeting
   Monday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Â
   There has been intense speculation that Fidel Castro's future might be
   discussed  at  the  next Communist Party congress, but Raul Castro did
   not mention his brother Monday.
   Fidel  Castro,  84,  stepped  down  as  president of Cuba in 2006, but
   remains head of the Communist Party.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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