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FILE: Former Cuban President Raul Castro delivers a speech during the new National Assembly meeting in Havana on 24 February 2013. Picture: AFP.

Raul castro

Raul Castro: Cuba's pragmatist who emerged from Fidel's shadow

By AFP

When his charismatic older brother handed over the presidency in 2006 due to illness, Raul, more used to the back stage, was reluctantly forced out into the...

  • FILE: The reins will now pass to 60-year-old Miguel Diaz-Canel, who has already served as Cuba's president since 2018, when Castro relinquished that part of his executive portfolio. Picture: AFP.

    Cuba changes leadership, seeks 'respectful' talks with US

    Raul Castro, 89, is stepping down as PCC first secretary -- the most powerful position in Cuba -- ending a near six-decade family hold on power that started in 1959 under his revolutionary brother, Fidel, who died in 2016.

    397 days ago
  • Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, applauds during the speech of Cuban former president Raul Castro (out of frame) after he was formally named president by the National Assembly, in Havana on 19 April 2018. Picture: AFP

    Cuba begins public debate on modernising Cold War-era constitution

    The Communist Party-proposed overhaul will be discussed in 35,000 workplaces and community meetings across the Caribbean island scheduled to stretch into November.

    1374 days ago
  • Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, applauds during the speech of Cuban former president Raul Castro (out of frame) after he was formally named president by the National Assembly, in Havana on 19 April 2018. Picture: AFP

    Cuba's new president names cabinet resembling Castro's

    All except one of the former vice presidents on the council of ministers - Marino Murillo, the head of the Communist Party’s reform commission - will remain in place.

    1398 days ago
  • Cuba removed from terror sponsorship list by United States.

    US visits to Cuba plunge following Trump measures

    Cuban officials and many foreign tourism experts maintain Cuba is one of the safest destinations in the world.

    1485 days ago
  • Cuba's new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, applauds during the speech of Cuban former president Raul Castro (out of frame) after he was formally named president by the National Assembly, in Havana on 19 April 2018. Picture: AFP

    [OPINION] What to expect of Cuba’s new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel

    Cuba’s economy is struggling, dragged down by the dual-currency system Fidel Castro adopted in 1994 to attract cash remittances from Cuban expats.

    1490 days ago
  • Outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro (R) raises the arm of Cuba’s new President Miguel Diaz-Canel after he was formally named by the National Assembly, in Havana on 19 April 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Cuba’s new president vows to defend legacy of Castro revolution

    A stalwart of the ruling Communist Party, Miguel Diaz-Canel was sworn in to replace Raul Castro by the National Assembly in a carefully managed new chapter for the Caribbean island.

    1490 days ago
  • FILE: Cuban President Raul Castro (L) and First Vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel speak during the Permanent Working Committees of the National Assembly of the People's Power in Havana, on 14 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Cuba set to swear in new president to replace Raul Castro

    However, after nearly 60 years of Castro rule, the change is not expected to herald sweeping reforms to the island’s state-run economy and one-party system.

    1491 days ago
  • FILE: Cuban President Raul Castro (L) and First Vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel speak during the Permanent Working Committees of the National Assembly of the People's Power in Havana, on 14 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Castro set to step aside as Cuban president, his reforms incomplete

    Seeking to make socialism sustainable, Castro introduced some market reforms to the state-run economy and secured a historic detente with the United States.

    1493 days ago
  • FILE: Cuban President Raul Castro (L) and First Vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel speak during the Permanent Working Committees of the National Assembly of the People's Power in Havana, on 14 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Cuba holds one-party vote as post-Castro era looms

    The government depicts the vote as a symbolic show of unity.

    1530 days ago
  • FILE: Cuban President Raul Castro (L) and First Vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel speak during the Permanent Working Committees of the National Assembly of the People's Power in Havana, on 14 July 2017. Picture: AFP

    Cuba delays historic handover from Castro to new president

    Castro, 86, was originally set to step down in February after two consecutive terms, ending nearly 60 years of Castro brothers’ rule.

    1609 days ago
  • A Cuban casts his vote at a polling station in Havana Vieja neighbourhood in Havana, on November 26, 2017, during municipal elections. Picture: AFP.

    Cuba holds municipal elections on road to Castro era’s end

    The vote comes the day after the first anniversary of revolutionary leader Fidel Castro’s death.

    1635 days ago
  • People line the road to see the convoy carrying the urn with the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro as it drives through Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, on 1 December, 2016 during its four-day journey across the island for the burial in Santiago de Cuba. Picture: AFP.

    Raul Castro vows to defend brother’s legacy in final tribute

    But Fidel Castro’s image will not be immortalised with statues nor will public places be named after him.

    1992 days ago
  • FILE: Fidel Castro (R) and his brother Raul Castro (L) in 1978 in Havana. Picture: AFP.

    Kathrada Foundation: Castro’s passing huge loss to SA & Africa

    The foundation's director Nishaan Bolten says Castro was a champion for African liberation movements.

    1998 days ago
  • FILE: Sitting next to Cuban President Raul Castro (R), US President Barack Obama (L) gestures during the state dinner at the Revolution Palace in Havana on 21 March 2016. Picture: AFP/Adalberto Roque.

    Obama challenges Communist-led Cuba with call for democracy

    Obama said he was in Cuba to extend a hand of friendship and bury the last remnant of the Cold War.

    2248 days ago
  • US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet at the Revolution Palace in Havana for groundbreaking talks on ending the standoff between the two neighbors on 21 March 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Obama, Castro hold talks in the heart of revolutionary Havana

    Obama arrived in Cuba on a trip that comes 15 months after he & Castro agreed to end 50 years of animosity.

    2250 days ago
  • US President Barack Obama waves next to First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha upon their arrival at Jose Marti international airport in Havana on 20 March, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Obama to meet Castro face-to-face on historic Cuba trip

    The pair will have their 4th meeting, likely their most substantial, at the Palace of the Revolution.

    2250 days ago
  • US President Barack Obama waves next to First Lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Malia and Sasha upon their arrival at Jose Marti international airport in Havana on 20 March, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Obama cheered in Havana at start of state visit to Cuba

    The three-day trip is the culmination of a diplomatic opening announced by Obama & Raul Castro in 2014.

    2250 days ago
  • FILE: Raul Castro spoke to top government and party leaders in an address broadcast on state TV.

    Castro: US can do more to normalise relations

    Raul Castro spoke to top government and party leaders in an address broadcast on state TV.

    2343 days ago
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