CUBA:1ST UPDATE: Castro Calls 1st Party Congress In 14 Years; Dissidents Say Castro Failing Prisoner Release Promise.

LINK CHANGE/ M.HERALD / 09 NOV/          Juan Tamayo/
     Future economic changes will mean adios to food rationing cards, hola to foreign investors and opening up the real estate market, according to a 32-page document published as a guide on proposed reforms.
     But the phamplet sold in the streets for one peso (about three U.S. cents) states clearly that the party will not abandon the Marxist-Leninist ideology.

     A new party congress will meet next April to address Cuba's economic problems.

    Party congresses are supposed to be held every four years but have been postponed since 1997.
   The island's state-run economy has been in crisis for the past two years that has forced it to cut imports.
    Meanwhile, activists accuse Castro of failing to keep his promise to free 13 jailed dissidents. In July, he agreed to liberate 52 political prisoners within four months,
but 13 are still in prison because they refuse to leave Cuba.