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Cuba's interior minister resigns due to health, government says
Source: Reuters
World | Mon Oct 26, 2015 10:14pm EDT
Cuba's interior minister resigns due to health, government says
HAVANA | BY DANIEL TROTTA
Cuban Interior Minister Abelardo Colome, a career military man who helped bring the Interior Ministry closer to the armed forces following a purge in 1989, resigned due to failing health, Cuba said on Monday.
Colome, 76, commonly known by his nickname Furry, was also one of Cuba's vice presidents and part of the 14-member Politburo, the highest authority within the ruling Communist Party.
The Interior Ministry is in charge on internal security and has a central role in clamping down on dissent in Cuba, a one-party state that routinely detains political opponents. Cuba considers the dissidents a tiny minority who are paid subordinates of the U.S. government.
First Deputy Interior Minister Carlos Fernandez was promoted to replace Colome, according to an official statement read on state television.
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Cuba's interior minister resigns due to health, government says
HAVANA | BY DANIEL TROTTA
Cuban Interior Minister Abelardo Colome, a career military man who helped bring the Interior Ministry closer to the armed forces following a purge in 1989, resigned due to failing health, Cuba said on Monday.
Colome, 76, commonly known by his nickname Furry, was also one of Cuba's vice presidents and part of the 14-member Politburo, the highest authority within the ruling Communist Party.
The Interior Ministry is in charge on internal security and has a central role in clamping down on dissent in Cuba, a one-party state that routinely detains political opponents. Cuba considers the dissidents a tiny minority who are paid subordinates of the U.S. government.
First Deputy Interior Minister Carlos Fernandez was promoted to replace Colome, according to an official statement read on state television.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/27/us-cuba-minister-idUSKCN0SL04W20151027
