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Cuba’s president says fired economy minister being investigated by police and attorney general

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HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s president says recently dismissed Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is being investigated by police and the Attorney General’s Office after making “serious mistakes.” Gil had been one of President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s closest collaborators before he was removed from the post in early February with no explanation. The president’s announcement Thursday night did not specify what crimes Gil might have committed, but it said that “corruption” will not be tolerated in the island’s government. Diaz-Canel’s message was read as the opening of the nightly Noticiero Estelar of the Cuban state television.

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