Castros

Fidel Castro’s brother Raul, 89, prepares to hand power to his 60-year-old president

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Cuba’s leadership is passing to a younger generation, with the last Castro leaving office and ending a 60-year family monopoly, but there is little other change as power remains firmly with the Communist Party. At a four-day party congress starting Friday, 89-year-old Raul Castro will relinquish the country’s most powerful position – that of party … Read more

Fidel Castro’s grandson sparks fury with video boasting about speeding in his luxury car in Cuba

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Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary and communist dictator who served as the country’s Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976, and as its president from 1976 to 2008.  He also served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 until 2011, and ideologically was a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist. As the longest serving … Read more