Cuba's National Assembly meets, live-tweets proceedings
Cuba's National Assembly meets, live-tweets proceedings
Peter Orsi, The Associated Press
Published Wednesday, July 15, 2015 10:26AM EDT
Last Updated Wednesday, July 15, 2015 1:01PM EDT
HAVANA -- Cuba's parliament opened one of its twice-annual regular sessions Wednesday with a new twist: It's been reporting the event through the day with updates on Twitter and Facebook.
President Raul Castro was attending the gathering and was expected to make his first public comments since the United States and Cuba announced they will re-establish diplomatic relations on Monday and reopen embassies in each other's respective capitals.
State-run website Cubadebate reported that the National Assembly was considering a final budget report for 2014 and the status of Cuba's economic plan over the first half of this year.
Foreign journalists were not allowed access and the meeting was not televised, although portions of the proceedings are usually broadcast on state TV later in the day.
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twitter is going to be VERRRY popular there! 