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Miguel Díaz-Canel

Cuba's President Raul Castro (C) and First Vice-President Miguel Díaz-Canel (R) are seen on a TV screen inside a restaurant during a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, April 18, 2018. Díaz-Canel became Cuba's president on Wednesday.

Castro steps down as Díaz-Canel assumes Cuban presidency

Global Politics

Raul Castro stepped down from office and Miguel Díaz-Canel assumed the presidency as the first Cuban president not to bear the Castro name in close to 60 years.