Cuba has a "new" president by Barbora Misakova

Sometimes the news can be funny too. Especially when you realize, that something what is interpreted as something new is actually still the same and it is not changing particular situation at all. I am talking about the newest election of Cuba's parliament which instead of changing head of the Cuba just changed the name of its leader. Well yes, Cuba has a new president, but honestly he is not as new as it looks at first sight. This is probably for the first time in history, when the change of president will not bring a change to its country. On Sunday 81-year-old Fidel Castro was replaced by his younger, 76-year old brother Raul Castro who so had become a Cuba's president. I don't know why, but it seems to me just like a little game. When you look properly on the whole situation, it is really just a name what was changed. While Raul Castro will be a president, Fidel will still have his rights & he will remain "commander in chief" and Raul will have to consult with him all major decisions related to the state and what is more Fidel still stays a formal leader of Communist Party. Not to be so ironic, I have to admit that Raul Castro is going to make some changes too. First of all he contemplates about the revaluation of the Cuban peso. This national currency is used for the basic need of people who buy utilities, food ration and pay for public transportation. While the opinion of the U.S. is still the same, people living in Cuba have different points of view. Some of them really adore Fidel Castro, consider him to be "trustworthy man" and think his step was right. But there are others who don't believe in Cuba and compare it to the jail where is no openness. The U.S. insists that the change from one Castro to another is not significant and its is just a "transfer of authority and power from dictator to dictator light" and I have to admit they depicted it very clearly.

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by Barbora Misakova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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