It’s not just a matter of putting a younger person in that position [of leader of the Cuban Communist Party], it’s a matter of fundamentally changing the system. And there is pressure to do that from some factions, but there’s also a lot of resistance. It’s going to be an extremely interesting Congress because it happens in the context of the worst economic situation in 30 years.
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