Law at the End of the Day

Larry Catá Backer's comments on current issues in transnational law and policy. These essays focus on the constitution of regulatory communities (political, economic, and religious) as they manage their constituencies and the conflicts between them. The context is globalization. This is an academic field-free zone: expect to travel "without documents" through the sometimes strongly guarded boundaries of international relations, constitutional, international, comparative, and corporate law.

Friday, April 30, 2021

8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party: New Politburo Leadership

With the end of the 8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (Partido Communista Cubano (PCC)) the PCC announced the new leadership core. It was noteworthy for the shifts that have come now that Raúl Castro has left the post of PCC Fist Secretary. The new leadership was announced on the 8th COngress Website: Nuevo Buró Político, Secretariado y miembros del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (+Fotos) ("Así lo informó el General de Ejército Raúl Castro Ruz, tras dar a conocer a los 14 integrantes del Buró Político, de los cuales fueron ratificados nueve compañeros e incorporados cinco como nuevos miembros").

The photos and positions of the new leadership of the Politburo and the Secretariat follows: