Raul Castro retains top Cuban Communist Party post

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro will hold the Cuban Communist Party's highest post for another five years alongside his hardline second-in-command, state media reported Tuesday, in a resounding message that the island's aging revolutionary leaders will retain control in the face of detente with the United States and widespread popular dissatisfaction with the country's economic performance. Government news sites said Castro, 84, would remain the party's first secretary and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro will hold the Cuban Communist Party's highest post for another five years alongside his hardline second-in-command, state media reported Tuesday, in a resounding message that the island's aging revolutionary leaders will retain control in the face of detente with the United States and widespread popular dissatisfaction with the country's economic performance. Government news sites said Castro, 84, would remain the party's first secretary and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura…