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A Castro breaks tradition with ‘no’ vote in Cuba

By Andrea Rodriguez
Published August 19, 2014 2:37pm ET
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A Castro breaks tradition with ‘no’ vote in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — Yet another revolutionary tradition has been broken in Cuba: A lawmaker voted “no” in parliament. And it wasn’t just any lawmaker. Mariela Castro, the daughter of President Raul Castro and niece of Fidel Castro, gave the thumbs-down to a workers’ rights bill that she felt didn’t go far enough to prevent discrimination […]

HAVANA (AP) — Yet another revolutionary tradition has been broken in Cuba: A lawmaker voted “no” in parliament.

And it wasn’t just any lawmaker.

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