Cuba's under-pressure communists meets to fast-track liberal reforms (opens in new tab)

The Communist Party's central committee convened an extraordinary plenary to discuss plans to open more sectors to private investment, attract more capital from Cubans living abroad and shrink the state. President Miguel Diaz-Canel has presented the reforms -- some of which are expected to be approved by the National Assembly as early as Thursday, less than a week after they were unveiled -- as the most substantial in years. But it was unclear whether they will satisfy President Donald Trump,...