• two the number of terms — five years each — Raul Castro just suggested Cuba limit its elected officials to
• 47 the number of years his brother Fidel led the communist nation for; which explains why this is a surprise source

• » A rare meeting: Raul made the suggestion at a meeting of the Communist Party Congress — the first get-together of the organization in 14 years. Raul said the country needed the changes to encourage a “systematic rejuvenation of the whole chain of party and administrative posts.” Let’s face it, Raul Castro (the 79-year-old younger brother) isn’t going to live forever. No word on what his brother thinks of this.

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