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May 20, 2018 at 12:16 pm

Cubans mourn plane crash dead, officials ID 20 bodies VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — At morgues and in church services, tearful Cubans on Sunday mourned loved ones who died in the country's worst air disaster in...

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May 18, 2018 at 9:03 pm

Cuba: 110 died in plane crash, 3 survivors ‘critical’ VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — The only three survivors of Cuba's worst aviation disaster in three decades were clinging to life Saturday, a day after their passenger...

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Rescue and search workers on the site where a Cuban airliner with 104 passengers on board plummeted into a yuca field just after takeoff from the international airport in Havana, Cuba, Friday, May 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrea Rodriguez) HAV101 HAV101

May 18, 2018 at 10:36 am

Airliner with 110 aboard crashes in Cuba, 3 said to survive VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport...

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April 20, 2018 at 2:54 pm

Raul Castro acts like he’s retiring though future unclear

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro was relaxed as he gave a 90-minute speech handing over the presidency to his hand-picked successor, Miguel Diaz-Canel. The 86-year-old...

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FILE– Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first vice president of Cuba, in line to vote in national and provincial elections in Santa Clara, Cuba, March 11, 2018. Díaz-Canel became Cuba’s new president on April 19 to a standing ovation from the National Assembly, which elected him in a nearly unanimous vote. (Alejandro Ernesto/Pool via The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. — XNYT10 XNYT10

April 19, 2018 at 9:08 pm

First clues emerge about Cuba’s future under new president VIEW

HAVANA — Miguel Diaz-Canel has been the presumptive next president of Cuba since 2013, when Raul Castro named the laconic former provincial official to the...

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April 19, 2018 at 11:51 am

Younger party official faces test as Cuba’s next president

SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Raul Castro travels in motorcades of gleaming imported sedans. Rings of grim-faced bodyguards protect him, pistols under crisp guayabera shirts....

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April 18, 2018 at 9:03 pm

Raul Castro retires as Cuban president, outlines future VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro turned over Cuba's presidency Thursday to a 57-year-old successor he said would hold power until 2031, a plan that would...

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FILE – In this May 1, 2016 file photo, Cuba’s First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, left, stands with President Raul Castro during the May Day parade in Havana, Cuba. On April 19, 2018 Raul Castro will step down as president after a decade in office, handing the position to a successor widely expected to be the 57-year-old first vice president, although the government has said nothing about the handover process. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File) XLAT305 XLAT305

April 18, 2018 at 3:44 am

Miguel Diaz-Canel selected as next president of Cuba VIEW

Raul Castro is stepping down as president in an effort to guarantee that new leaders can maintain the government's grip on power in the face...

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FILE – In this March 17, 2015 file photo, Cuba’s President Raul Castro listens to the playing of national anthems during his welcome ceremony at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. On April 19, 2018 Raul Castro will step down as president after a decade in office. The world should expect no immediate radical change from a single-party system dedicated to stability above all else. Raul Castro will remain first secretary of the Communist Party, described by the Cuban constitution as the countryâ€™s â€œhighest guiding force.â€ (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File) XLAT308 XLAT308

April 16, 2018 at 10:08 am

Raul Castro, as he steps down, leaves Cuba with new freedoms, deep problems VIEW

When Raul Castro steps down Thursday after two terms as president he will leave his successor a host of problems that are deeper than on...

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February 2, 2018 at 10:54 am

Fidel Castro’s son mourned in Cuba after suicide

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro's oldest son was mourned in Cuba on Friday after the unusually public announcement of his suicide following a long depression....

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