Raul Castro

US won't allow Raul Castro's daughter to visit

Associated Press | Friday April 26, 2013

The daughter of Cuba President Raul Castro cannot visit Philadelphia to receive an award for her gay rights activism because the State Department has denied her permission to travel there, officials said on Thursday.

Cuban leader Raul Castro announces he will retire in 2018

Reuters | Monday February 25, 2013

Cuban President Raul Castro announced on Sunday he will step down from power after his second term ends in 2018, and the new parliament named a 52-year-old rising star to become his first vice president and most visible successor.

Raul Castro re-elected Cuba's president; picks 'young' new heir

Agence France-Presse | Monday February 25, 2013

Raul Castro was re-elected as Cuba's president on Sunday, officially to his last five-year term, with a new regime number two -- Council of State Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, official media said.

In communist Cuba, the tax man cometh

Wednesday November 28, 2012

Most Cubans have not paid taxes for half a century, but that will change under a new code starting January 1. The landmark regulations will change the relations of Cubans with their government and are a signal that market-oriented reforms, launched s...

Pope meets Fidel Castro; wants more freedoms for the church

Reuters | Thursday March 29, 2012

Pope Benedict, speaking from Cuba's biggest stage, urged Cubans on Wednesday to search for "authentic freedom" and pressed the communist government to let the Catholic Church teach religion in schools and universities.

Cuba: Fidel makes way for Raul Castro

Associated Press | Wednesday April 20, 2011

Raul Castro was named first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party on Tuesday, and his aging brother Fidel was formally removed from the leadership for the first time since the party's creation 46 years ago.Despite raising hopes during the gathering that a new generation of leaders was poised to take u...