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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Follow Reuters Facebook Twitter RSS YouTube Read Mother drives minivan into river with kids 3:07pm EDT U.S. plans new push on Arab-Israeli peace: Clinton 12 Apr 2011 J.Lo named People's most beautiful woman 3:46pm EDT Obama sets goal on deficit cuts, rips Republicans | 4:27pm EDT Atop new poll, Trump slams China, OPEC and Obama 12 Apr 2011 Discussed 151 China tells U.S. to quit as human rights judge 140 Reid says Republicans want shutdown to close clinics 117 Obama, Congress struggle to find budget deal Watched South Korean "super gun" packs hi-tech killing power Mon, Feb 14 2011 Argentine models bare it all Thu, Apr 7 2011 Mini-dress drama in Brazil Tue, Nov 10 2009 Cuban Communist Party congress looks to future Tweet Share this By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's ruling Communist Party meets on Saturday for a congress expected to introduce possible future leaders and endorse groundbreaking economic reforms in what is one of the world's last one-party communist... Email Print Factbox Less state, more private role in Cuban party plans 3:52pm EDT Related News Chronology: Raul Castro's road to reform in Cuba 3:52pm EDT Analysis & Opinion Obama vs Ryan: how the deficit plans compare Muni sweeps: Christie’s battles are not credit positive Related Topics World » Politics » Cuba » By Jeff Franks HAVANA | Wed Apr 13, 2011 3:52pm EDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's ruling Communist Party meets on Saturday for a congress expected to introduce possible future leaders and endorse groundbreaking economic reforms in what is one of the world's last one-party communist states. The event, the most important since a Soviet-style system was formally adopted at the first party congress in 1975, could mark the beginning of the end of the long reign of leaders who have guided Cuba since the 1959 revolution and created the socialist model they now seek to preserve -- through reform. The 1,000 delegates in attendance will approve some or all of nearly 300 reforms proposed by President Raul Castro to end Cuba's economic crisis by correcting past policy mistakes. The changes, many already in place, include slashing the state workforce, subsidies and spending and a much greater opening to private enterprise, such as the right of small businesses to hire their own workers. The reforms aim to boost the island's state-dominated, debt-ridden and unproductive economy Castro says has brought Cuban communism to the brink of the abyss. Castro plans to reduce the size of the state and expand the private sector while maintaining central planning and control. State subsidies to Cubans will be greatly reduced. Most experts believe Cuba will have to make more dramatic changes to solve its economic problems, but the reforms "represent a clear and much-needed departure from previous ways of managing Cuba's economy," said Paolo Spadoni, political science professor at Augusta State University in Georgia. "There is a chance to make more money and live a little better," said Abel, a state construction worker thinking of starting up privately on his own. "But it all depends on whether they give us enough space. Cubans need more space." Present in the plan of Cuba's leadership is the idea that communism, abandoned in most other countries where it was tried, can still be made to work in Cuba if executed properly. The reforms resemble early steps toward change that China and Vietnam took in their economic liberalization paths, but Cuban leaders insist they are copying no one. A familiar government refrain is that Cuba is "unique." NEW LEADERS TO APPEAR? Part of Cuba's uniqueness is that it has had basically the same leadership for more than five decades, but this congress might bring the first whispers of transition. Raul Castro, who turns 80 in June, is expected to be elected First Secretary by the congress in place of his older brother Fidel Castro, 84. Raul officially succeeded Fidel as Cuban president in 2008 and has replaced him unofficially as head of the party. Fidel, Cuba's ruler for nearly half a century, wrote recently he had stepped down as head of the country's only legal political party when he fell ill in July 2006. But the selection of a Second Secretary and the party's central committee will be watched closely because among them could be Cuba's future leader. 1 2 Next World Politics Cuba Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. 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