Cuban govt to unveil revised economic reform plan

HAVANA, May 8 (Xinhua): The Cuban government said Saturday it will soon release the new version of the economic reform plan promoted by President Raul Castro to "upgrade" the country's socialist economic model. The economic reform plan was amended and approved in April at the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. The official daily Granma said Saturday the plan, entitled the "Guidelines of the Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution," will be published Monday. "From Monday on will be sold a 48-page tabloid with summary information on the study of each guideline and the reason for the changes, based on the results of the extensive public debates," Granma added. Over 8 million Cubans took part in more than 163,000 meetings to discuss the unprecedented reform plan, said Castro in a report to the April party congress.