Tag: Raul Castro
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Ex-Cuban President Raul Castro barred from entering US
"As First Secretary of Cuba's Armed Forces, Castro is responsible for Cuba's actions to prop up the former Maduro regime in Venezuela through violence, intimidation, and repression," Pompeo said.
September 27, 2019 -
Cuba holds parliament meeting to discuss constitutional reform
Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and President Miguel Diaz-Canel have chaired an extraordinary session of the Caribbean nation's parliament to discuss a constitutional reform.
June 3, 2018 -
Cuba Post-Castro
It is an irony of modern history that such despots as Stalin and Mao among the Communist dictators and Franco and Salazar among the non-communist ones, are forgotten immediately after their passing. It is an irony too that even after the exit of the Castros, the relatively younger successor has pledged to continue with their …
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May 4, 2018 -
Miguel Diaz-Canel elected as Cuba’s new President
Miguel Diaz-Canel was elected on Thursday as Cuba’s new President, as the successor of Raul Castro who concluded two consecutive five-year terms in office. In his first speech as the new head of state before the National Assembly, Diaz-Canel said that “in this new legislature there will be no space for those aspiring to a …
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April 20, 2018 -
Man in Havana
Miguel Diaz-Canel is the new President of Cuba. No less profoundly, Thursday’s selection, indeed his elevation from the office of Vice-President, marks the end of the Castro era, a transition that is said to have been greeted by the average Cuban with a shrug. Mr Diaz-Canel is the first Head of State from outside the …
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April 20, 2018 -
End of era in Cuba as Castro hands torch to Diaz-Canel
Cuba is poised for the end of an era today as President Raul Castro steps down, formally handing power to his long-time deputy Miguel Diaz-Canel – and thereby ending his family's six-decade grip on the island.
April 19, 2018 -
Cuban parliament extends President Castro’s mandate for two months
The Cuban parliament approved “unanimously” on Thursday to extend the mandate of the Council of State, of President Raul Castro and his vice presidents for two more months until next April. According to an official release, the term extension is due to the damages provoked by Hurricane Irma that caused the modification of the initial …
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December 22, 2017 -
Cuba begins 5-month political transition
Cuba on Tuesday began a five-month political transition expected to end with Raul Castro’s departure from the presidency, capping his family’s near-total dominance of the country’s political system for nearly 60 years. Over the rest of September, Cubans will meet in small groups to nominate municipal representatives. Cuban officials say 12,515 block-level districts will nominate …
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September 5, 2017 -
Cuba passes law prohibiting naming public sites after Fidel Castro
Cuba's National Assembly on Tuesday approved a law prohibiting the use of Fidel Castro's name to designate public sites or using his image for monuments, according to the wishes of the former president, who died on November 25. At the session, headed by President Raul Castro, the more than 600 Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved the …
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December 28, 2016 -
Emulate the icon
When a substantial section of the Indian people are making such a public display of their veneration of a former chief minister it might appear inappropriate to draw attention to a call to shun personality-politics. Yet the fact that the desire to avoid hero-worship was expressed by a universally-acclaimed icon makes it imperative to highlight …
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December 9, 2016 -
Emulate the icon
When a substantial section of the Indian people are making such a public display of their veneration of a former chief minister it might appear inappropriate to draw attention to a call to shun personality-politics. Yet the fact that the desire to avoid hero-worship was expressed by a universally-acclaimed icon makes it imperative to highlight …
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December 9, 2016 -
Raul Castro vows to defend brother Fidel’s revolution
Cuban President Raul Castro pledged to uphold his brother Fidel’s socialist revolution at a massive rally in honor of the communist icon before his burial. Tens of thousands of flag-waving supporters recited the oath with Raul Castro at the Revolution Plaza of Santiago de Cuba, the cradle of Fidel’s guerrilla struggle. “He demonstrated that yes …
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December 4, 2016 -
Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel
Cuban President Raul Castro has said that his government will prohibit the naming of streets or public monuments after his brother Fidel in keeping with the former leader’s desire to avoid the development of a personality cult. The younger Castro told a crowd gathered to pay homage to Fidel Castro in the eastern city of …
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December 4, 2016 -
Cuba will ban naming of monuments after Fidel
Cuban President Raul Castro has said that his government will prohibit the naming of streets or public monuments after his brother Fidel in keeping with the former leader’s desire to avoid the development of a personality cult. The younger Castro told a crowd gathered to pay homage to Fidel Castro in the eastern city of …
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December 4, 2016