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The communist government of Cuba held their sham election for a new leader on Wednesday after President Raul Castro stepped down to make way for Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel to take the reins. The news of the transition broke early that morning, but both ABC and NBC appeared too lazy to even give it a simple brief on their morning and evening broadcasts. CBS and Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo all ran reports on the transition.
“In Cuba, after six decades, the Castro-era is coming to an end. Today a new president was chosen to succeed Raul Castro, who took over from his older brother Fidel 12 years ago,” anchor Jeff Glor announced during CBS Evening News before handing the report (one minute long) off to Manuel Bojorquez who was in Havana, Cuba.
Bojorquez noted that the transition “was more a selection of a new president than an election.” “Only members of the national assembly can directly vote, and there was only one candidate,” he elaborated. “The first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, who has served under outgoing President Raul Castro, a clear sign the Communist Party wants to send a message of continuity.”
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