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MIAMI — Juanita Castro, the sister of Cuban rulers Fidel and Raúl Castro who worked with the CIA against their communist government, has died in Miami at 90. Journalist María Antonieta Collins, who co-wrote Juanita Castro’s 2009 book, “Fidel and Raúl, My Brothers. “Juanita Castro was ahead of us on the path of life and death, exceptional woman, tireless fighter …

HAVANA — Ricardo Alarcón, who was for years the head of Cuba’s parliament and one of the country’s most prominent diplomats, has died in Havana, authorities in Cuba said Sunday. Alarcón was the trusted adviser to Fidel Castro, and his brother and successor Raúl, for decades and was a key negotiator in difficult talks with the United States in issues …

Just months after Fidel and Raúl Castro seized control of Cuba in 1959, they filled the Plaza of the Revolution in Havana with adoring crowds to celebrate the International Day of the Worker. “The whole country is like a vast field of dry grass,” Yoani Sánchez, one of Cuba’s leading independent bloggers, wrote shortly after Raúl stepped down. The smallest …

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Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of the Communist Party, and retains the title of president. It’s recognition that Cuba is facing the worst economic crisis since the early 1990s.” In the appointments to the Politburo, Raúl Castro has made good his promise to rejuvenate the leadership. The most significant new member is Raúl Castro’s former son-in-law, Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja. “The …

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Move marks a changing of the guard and the first time in 62 years that Cuba will not have a leader that is named Castro. Havana, Cuba – By Monday, Cuba looks set to be without a Castro at the helm for the first time since Raúl and his brother Fidel swept down from the Sierra Maestra mountains in 1959, …