{"id":211420,"date":"2019-12-28T19:57:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T00:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=211420"},"modified":"2019-12-28T19:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T00:57:03","slug":"manuel-marrero-makes-his-debut-as-cuban-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/manuel-marrero-makes-his-debut-as-cuban-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Marrero makes his debut as Cuban Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>newly appointed<\/span><\/a> Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero made his debut in his position at the first meeting of the new Council of Ministers held this week at the call of President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Marrero, as head of the Cuban government as stipulated in the current Magna Carta, “chaired the meeting” and intervened on the different issues discussed, <\/span>according to<\/span><\/a> the Prensa Latina (PL)<\/em> news agency\u2019s report on what happened at the meeting, the last of the island\u2019s highest governmental body this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the <\/span>official press reports<\/span><\/a>, the Council addressed “transcendental issues of the country\u2019s economic and social life that have an impact on national reality based on which strategic lines are also being defined for the government\u2019s performance in 2020.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The economy\u2019s situation was one of the main topics discussed, in particular investments. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil said that \u201cthe main deficiencies are found in the post-investment studies, especially those related to results obtained after the start-up, which in many cases are very distant from what was initially planned,\u201d a problem that, he said, must be \u201curgently\u201d resolved.<\/span><\/p>\n

D\u00edaz-Canel called for carrying out in 2020 “everything that must be implemented to unleash the productive forces,” which, he said, “cannot be confused with privatization, because that is not our way.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“We are going to remove obstacles to strengthen the state enterprise and carry out the true business resizing the country needs,” said the president, who also urged “maintaining saving measures in everyday practice” as a way of “facing problems differently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba to prioritize exports and increase savings in 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n