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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Nelson Acosta

INSANE: Cuban president diaz canel expected to win second term despite crises - The Real Truth

English teacher Ana Ibis, 53, prepares her dinner as Cuba's President and First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel is seen on a local TV news program in Havana, Cuba, April 14, 2023. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel is widely expected to be chosen this week by assembly lawmakers to lead the country for another five years, despite a rocky first term marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a near-unprecedented economic crisis.

Diaz-Canel, 62, heads the Communist Party, to which all 470-members of the legislature elected by Cubans last month either belong or are sympathetic to. Cuba argues its one-party system promotes unity and limits financial interference in the assembly elections.

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