Cuba’s most powerful general, who controlled much of the island’s economy, is dead
Published on: Friday 01 July 2022
Cuba’s most powerful general, Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja, who controlled most of the island’s economy and was set to become a key player in a future political transition, died suddenly Friday morning, the Communist Party newspaper Granma said. Rodríguez López-Calleja, 62, died of cardiorespiratory arrest early Friday, Granma said in a two-paragraph report. The general was the head of ...