Granma, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, has announced a change in its editor. Frank Aguero, the new editor, has since 1992 been the director of the weekly Trabajadores, organ of the Central Organization of Cuban Workers (CTC), the country's labor federation.
Announcing the appointment, Granma said Aguero had achieved "outstanding results" at Trabajadores.
The trade union newspaper has earned a reputation as the paper that most directly and frankly tackles major social and economic issues that have been debated in Cuba in recent months. These include issues like the agricultural markets that the government opened last year and the current debate over layoffs.
Before editing Trabajadores, Aguero was the editor of two armed forces publications, Verde Olivo and Bastión, which were forced to stop publishing because of shortages of newsprint.
Granma said Jacinto Granda, who had directed the paper for more than five years, will take on another assignment.