Two Cuban dissidents concede defeat in local elections

In the last class, we discussed the issue “The Cuban dissidents concede defeat in local elections”.
The two men, Mr.Chaviano, who is an independent journalist and lawyer, and Mr.Lopez, who is a member of an outlawed political party, tried to stand for places on local councils in Havana. In those days, people said that it was impossible because of the Cuba’s current single party electoral system.
Due to their accurate strategy, they were selected in a local neighborhood meeting after the first round.
The final round was a secret voting. So they thought “We have to take advantage. No one expects us to be nominated and become candidates.” And they emphasized that they will oversee the local matters such as water supplies. Because of their appeal, half of the members the National Assembly was nominated by the provincial assemblies. President Raul Castro was surprised by this result and they began introducing gradual and wide-ranging economics reform.

In the latest news, we can feel that Cuba is trying to improve their relationships with the foreign countries. Last month, the President of the US and President of Cuba shook their hands. It is said that this is a historical scene.
Or Cuban government started admitting the baseball players to play in Japan. I think the purpose of this aim is to obtain much money of the rich foreign countries. It is often said that most of the people in Cuba are very poor. The chief industry of Cuba is still agriculture, mainly sugar. It is monocultural economics, so it may be influenced by a recession.
I think Cuba’s government is bothered about this fact, so they are trying to change their Establishment. The issue indicated in this article is one of the beginning of Cuba’s “New Revolution”.