Cuba's Communist Party postpones key congress


HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro has postponed what was to have been the ruling Communist Party's first congress in 12 years, saying it may be the last under the aging "historic leadership of the revolution" and must be done right, state-run media reported on Friday.

Castro said the party has to carefully analyze economic matters to determine "what must be perfected and even eliminated" as Cuba moves into the future without him or brother Fidel Castro at the helm, according to the newspaper Granma.

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