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| Cuban communists to keep socialist model with changes |
| 2010-11-11 |
| (Xinhua) -- Cuba's ruling Communist Party proclaimed on Tuesday that socialism will be kept as the country's social and economic model but changes are necessary. The position was made clear in the official release of "guidelines" for the party's sixth congress scheduled for April 2011. Cuban leader Raul Castro has said economic reform will be one of the main issues at the congress. According to the guidelines, the "socialist state enterprise" remains the main model, but joint ventures with foreign investment are also encouraged. The Cuban government is implementing a plan to eliminate more than 500,000 jobs in the bloated public sectors and to allow its people to start small businesses in 178 different professions. "The policy we are proposing shows that socialism means equal rights and opportunities for all citizens, but not egalitarianism," said Castro. "Work is both citizen's right and duty, and a source of personal fulfillment, and it should be remunerated according to its quantity and quality," he added. Since the triumph of the Cuban revolution, for the first time workers' income in state enterprises will depend on productive results instead of steady salaries. The new wage system is one of the major strategies promoted by Castro since he took power in 2007. Social affairs will be debated in another conference before the end of the year, Castro said. Initially, the party congress were held every five years to design economic and social strategies for the party and the nation. However, The infamous However... the congress was postponed after a session in October 1997. |
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