Weekly Report - 06 May 2010 (WR-10-18)

President Raúl Castro has dismissed a vice-president, Jorge Luis Sierra Cruz, the transport minister, and Luis Manuel Ávila González, the sugar minister. The council of state explained that Sierra had been relieved of his duties for “making mistakes"; Ávila for recognising “deficiencies" in his work. Ávila's deputy Celso Garcí­a Ramí­rez steps into his shoes. Antonio Enrique Lussón Batlle, who had been in charge of the railway system, replaces Sierra as vice-president. César Ignacio Arocha, head of a food distribution company, becomes transport minister.

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