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Cuba’s Communist Party appoints Miguel Diaz-Canel as leader after decades of Castro rule
Cuba’s ruling Communist Party has elected President Miguel Diaz-Canel to succeed Raul Castro as party first secretary, the most powerful position in the country.
Key points:
- Mr Diaz-Canel was the favourite to replace Raul Castro, ending 60 years of Castro rule
- It’s expected he will not move Cuba away from a one-party socialist system
- The Communist Party hasn’t decided who will replace Machado Ventura as deputy leader
The succession marks the end of six decades of rule by brothers Fidel and Raul Castro, who led Cuba’s 1959 revolution.
Mr Diaz-Canel, 60, who already succeeded Castro as President in 2018, had been widely expected to be nominated first party secretary.
He has emphasised continuity since becoming President and is not expected…
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