epa01653234 (FILE) A file picture dated 02 October 2006 showing Cuban Vice Chancellor Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla while taking part of a press conference in Havanna, Cuba. According to a Cuban Government press release 02 March 2009, Rodriguez Parrilla was dismissed from his post. Cuba replaced some of its most powerful and visible officials on 02 March 2009 including Vice President Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. The shakeup, involving about 10 top officials, was announced at the end of the midday news broadcast by Cuba’s supreme governing body, the Council of State. EPA/ALEJANDRO ERNESTO