"Cuba's former deputy prime minister and ex-economy minister Alejandro Gil Fernandez, who just two years ago was considered the right-hand man of President Miguel Diaz-Canel, has been sentenced in two separate trials to life imprisonment and 20 years in prison for a dozen crimes considered treason. Gil's sentences which the Cuban people had been eagerly awaiting were announced on Monday by the Cuban Supreme People's Court (TSP). The decisions put an end to the political and judicial maneuvering by the regime that began with the official's sudden dismissal in February 2024."
"Gil, who on more than one occasion asked the people to trust his reforms and his promises, was the mastermind behind the failed Tarea Ordenamiento (Reorganization Task), which in 2021 promised to pull the country out of economic stagnation by ending the dual currency system and reforming prices. Although four years later Cuba is a more impoverished territory, the debacle did not begin with Gil's measures, but is rather a cumulative process that has been decades in the making."
Alejandro Gil Fernández, former deputy prime minister and economy minister, was removed from office in February 2024 and later tried in two separate hearings. The Cuban Supreme People's Court sentenced him to life imprisonment and an additional 20 years on multiple charges deemed treason. The court determined that he deceived national leadership and the public, causing economic damage. Gil led the 2021 Tarea Ordenamiento that eliminated the dual currency and reformed prices but failed to reverse economic decline. Government disclosures remained limited despite public demands for transparency, and many view him as a scapegoat amid a deep crisis in Castroism.
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