HAVANA: Communist-run Cuba extended the term of its current leadership to April on Thursday, signaling a two-month delay in the historic handover from Raul Castro to a new president, while announcing tighter regulations on the non-state sector. As a result, the assembly, which is holding one of its twice-yearly meetings, extended its term through to April 19. “When the National Assembly is constituted, I will have concluded my second and last mandate, and Cuba will have a new president,” Castro said, according to state-run media. He said the United States was fabricating pretexts to continue its failed policy towards Cuba. When evaluating damages from natural disasters, Cuba traditionally assumes a peso is equal to one US dollar.

Source: New Strait Times December 22, 2017 01:52 UTC