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Raúl Castro

December 2023

  • Juanita Castro Marching with Demonstrators<br>(Original Caption) Juanita Castro, younger sister of Cuban President, Fidel Castro, joins an anti-Castro demonstration at the United Nations as the Cuban president was addressing the U.N. Miss Castro, who lives in exile in Miami, Florida, told the cheering crowd, "We will continue our struggle for justice and liberty. All humanity who loves liberty and justice and human rights supports our cause."

    Juanita Castro obituary

    Sister of Fidel and Raúl Castro who turned against her brothers and their regime, became a CIA informer and sought exile in the US

April 2021

  • People carry groceries home in Havana

    Skepticism and a shrug: Cubans greet the end of 62 years of Castro rule

  • Raúl Castro attends the opening session of the eighth congress of the Cuban Communist party in Havana on 16 April.

    Raúl Castro confirms he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist party

November 2020

  • Queen Elizabeth on a visit in October to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at Porton Down, Wiltshire. Others RFI declared dead included Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Jimmy Carter, Raúl Castro, and the actors Clint Eastwood, Sophia Loren and Brigitte Bardot.

    French broadcaster apologises after wrongly killing off Queen and Pelé

    Public radio station blames technical glitch for publishing premature death notices online

August 2020

  • Graffiti reading ‘Long live Fidel and Raúl’ in Havana, Cuba

    Exploring Cuba beyond stereotypes

    Letter: Raúl Castro in fact played a central role in shaping the revolution, making his 2008 election perfectly logical, write Prof Par Kumaraswami and Prof Antoni Kapcia

September 2019

  • CUBA-POLITICS-CASTRO-DIAZ-CANEL<br>Outgoing Cuban President Raul Castro delivers a speech after Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally named Cuban President by the National Assembly, in Havana on April 19, 2018. Miguel Diaz-Canel succeeds Raul Castro -- a historic handover ending six decades of rule by the Castro brothers. The 57-year-old Diaz-Canel, who was the only candidate for the presidency, was elected to a five-year term with 603 out of 604 possible votes in the National Assembly. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Alejandro ErnestoALEJANDRO ERNESTO/AFP/Getty Images

    Twitter blocks accounts of Raúl Castro and Cuban state-run media outlets

    Mariela Castro and state media journalists were also blocked in move Cuban Union of Journalists called ‘massive censorship’

July 2018

  • Raul Castro (right) with new president Miguel Díaz-Canel  in Havana, Cuba

    Cuba ditches aim of building communism from draft constitution

    Document also recognises private property and opens door to gay marriage

April 2018

  • A child holds a Cuban flag marking the 59th anniversary of the arrival of Fidel Castro an his rebel army in Regla, outskirts of Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 8, 2018. Castro and his rebels arrived in Havana via caravan on Jan. 8, 1959, after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

    The end of the Castro era? Raúl's exit likely to change little in Cuba

  • Diaz-Canel appointed new President of Cuba<br>epa06680210 First Secretary of Cuba’s Communist Party and former president Raul Castro (R) next to the new President Miguel Diaz-Canel (L) during the closing of the 9th period of the National Assembly of the Popular Power in Havana, Cuba, 19 April 2018. Diaz-Canel, former first vice president of the Government, was appointed President of Cuba by the National Assembly to substitute Raul Castro, who retires after 12 years in power. The new leader assured that the island’s foreign policy will remain unalterable and that the country will not negotiate its principles. EPA/Adalberto Roque / POOL CORRECTS PHOTOGRAPHER

    Cuba's new leader vows to modernise economy but no return to capitalism

  • President Raúl Castro talks with his successor, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

    Miguel Díaz-Canel: Cuba selects first non-Castro president since Fidel

  • Raul Castro

    After six decades of Castro rule, Cubans greet end of era with a shrug

January 2017

  • Raul Castro<br>Cuba’s President Raul Castro points towards U.S. President Barack Obama as he enters the Grand Theater of Havana to deliver his speech, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Obama who is in Cuba in a trailblazing trip said he came to Cuba to “bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.” (AP Photo/Desmond Boyland)

    Raúl Castro: Cuba won't compromise sovereignty to normalize US relations

  • Cuban troops participate in a military parade in honor of recently deceased Cuban leader Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana, on January 2, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / YAMIL LAGEYAMIL LAGE/AFP/Getty Images

    Cuba marks anniversary of revolution with show of military strength

December 2016

  • Raul Castro delivers speech at send off for brother Fidel in Santiago de Cuba

    South American leaders join Cuban mourners to send off Fidel Castro – video

  • People pay homage to the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Saturday night during the last ceremony before his burial in Santiago.

    Fidel Castro's name will never appear on a Cuba monument, says brother Raúl

November 2016

  • Nelson Mandela and Fidel Castro

    To so many Africans, Fidel Castro is a hero. Here’s why

    Sean Jacobs
    ‘A source of inspiration to all freedom-loving peoples’: that’s what Nelson Mandela called the Cuban revolutionary leader. And with good reason
  • People wave Cuban flags as they attend a massive tribute to Cuba's late President Fidel Castro in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, November 29, 2016.             REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

    Raúl Castro addresses Fidel memorial service in Havana’s Revolution Square – video

    Cuban president Raúl Castro speaks of his late brother Fidel’s place in history at a mass memorial ceremony
    • 'The dark era is over. I can see the light': Cuban Americans on Fidel Castro's death

      Guardian readers and Sarah Marsh
    • Raúl Castro: where will Fidel's brother and successor take Cuba next?

    • Greenslade
      Fidel Castro: he was no hero, says the UK's national press

      Roy Greenslade
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