Cuba gets new leader as last Castro retires – MENAFN.COM

  • Date: 20-Apr-2021
  • Source: MENAFN
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  • Country:Gulf
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Cuba gets new leader as last Castro retires – MENAFN.COM

(MENAFN - Gulf Times) Cuba marked the end of an era yesterday with the transfer of power from the Castro clan, in charge for six decades, to the communist country's first-ever civilian leader, Miguel Diaz-Canel.

As Raul Castro, 89, enters retirement, he handed the all-powerful position of first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba to Diaz-Canel,