8th Congress of the Cuban Communist Party (Partido Comunista Cubano) April 2021:  Documents and Analysis

This research project provides information, including primary sources and analysis of the Cuban Communist Party’s (PCC) 8th Congress held April 2021. It was an important event, one in which Raúl Castro Ruz formally stepped down as First Secretary of the PCC. It also came immediately after a series of potentially significant reforms undertaken in 2020 and in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and its great challenges to the state.

Primary Source Documents

Access the primary source documents produced for or at the 8th Congress as initially posted to the PCC’s 8th Congress website.

Analysis (Under Construction)

CPE analysis of various aspects of the Congress posted from time to time

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