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Cuba Communist Party Eyes Term Limits At Gathering

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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s Communist Party has opened a two-day conference at which it will consider political term limits and internal matters.

President Raul Castro is presiding over the gathering. It kicked off Saturday morning at a convention center in Havana.

Government-run website Cubadebate says the 811 delegates will evaluate the Party’s work and determine its future course.

According to a draft agenda that circulated last fall, the conference will consider a proposal to cap officeholders at two five-year terms among other issues.

Castro called for term limits last April at a summit that gave birth to a wide slate of economic reforms.

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