HAVANA (AP) -- For the first time since he and his brother came to power more than a half century ago, President Raul Castro proposed term limits for Cuba's leaders, admitted that errors have left the country with no obvious successor and promised to rejuvenate the island's political class....
Raul Castro Proposes Political Term Limits In Cuba
By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press
Sun, 04/17/2011 - 4:34am
Topics: cuba raul castro term limit
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