Cuba's parliament meets to approve Communist Party roadmap

Just Pinned to Domestic and Global News: Cuba parliament meets to approve Communist Party roadmap... By Marc Frank and Sarah Marsh HAVANA (Reuters) - With less than a year until Raul Castro steps down as president Cuba's parliament met on Thursday to vote on documents confirming the Communist Party as the country's guiding force and banning the concentration of wealth. The national assembly was summoned for an extraordinary session to approve documents reaffirming the one-party political system and state domination of the socialist economy even as the Caribbean island allows some private business and foreign investment. Assembly deputies regularly approve such documents unanimously after some discussion. The meeting was called as U.S. President Donald Trump considers rolling back the U.S.-Cuban detente launched under his predecessor Barack Obama due to what he charges is a lack of democracy and respect for human rights in Cuba. While it was planned before Trump's election last November the gathering will send a clear message that Cuba will not make the political and economic concessions that Trump has demanded. The documents to be discussed resulted from last year's Communist Party
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