Miguel Diaz-Canel named Cuba's new president

[DonViejo]

Source: CNN




By Patrick Oppmann and Alanne Orjoux, CNN

Updated 9:48 AM ET, Thu April 19, 2018

Havana, Cuba (CNN)Miguel Diaz-Canel was officially named as the new leader of Cuba on Thursday, one day after a vote in the country's National Assembly.

It's the first time in nearly six decades that Cuba is being led by a man not named Castro.

Diaz-Canel, 57, was selected as the unopposed candidate to replace Raul Castro, 86. Castro embraced Diaz-Canel -- who wasn't yet born when Fidel Castro led his revolution in 1959 -- during Wednesday's session, all but sealing his status as the island's next president.

Raul Castro is still expected to exercise a large measure of control over the Cuban government and have the final say on important decisions. He will remain first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, a member of the National Assembly and, even if he is no longer president, the most powerful public figure on the island.


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[agueybana79]

1. God bless him...

I mean, he's a figurehead puppet, but, smart move on the part of the Cubans. If you want to maintain your Revolution and keep it on a path similar to China, putting in a young figurehead who will do the bidding of the old guard and slowly transition the country to a new administration that is not radical is the way to go.

Everyone remembers Gorbachev...they're not doing THAT again.