Recently dismissed Cuban Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fern\u00e1ndez is being investigated by police and the Attorney General\u2019s Office after making \u201cserious mistakes,\u201d President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel said Thursday night. Gil had been one of D\u00edaz-Canel\u2019s closest collaborators before he was removed from the post in early February with no explanation. The president\u2019s announcement did not specify what crimes Gil might have committed, but it said that \u201ccorruption\u201d would not be tolerated in the island\u2019s government.<\/p>\n
Gil Fern\u00e1ndez is the highest-ranking official to fall from grace since 2009 when then Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe P\u00e9rez Roque were dismissed, though that case involved leaks of sensitive information. Diaz-Canel\u2019s message announcing the investigation of Gil was read as the opening of the nightly Noticiero Estelar of the Cuban state television.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe person involved has acknowledged serious accusations,\u201d the note said, adding that he had resigned as a member of the ruling Communist Party\u2019s Central Committee and as a deputy in Cuba\u2019s parliament. Gil became Minister of Economy and Planning in 2018, and he took on the added role of deputy prime minister in 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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