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Cuba's First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends the opening of the Havana International Book Fair with China as the featured country and dedicated as a tribute to Historian of the city of Havana Eusebio Leal (not pictured), in Havana, Cuba February 1, 2018

Miguel Díaz-Canel: The man succeeding the Castros

Cuba's president faces a number of challenges, including the largest opposition protests in decades.

Miguel Díaz-Canel and Raúl Castro

Communist Cuba names first non-Castro leader

Miguel Díaz-Canel, who succeeded Raúl Castro as president, will be running the Communist Party.

Raúl Castro at the Communist Party congress

Raúl Castro steps down as Cuban communist leader

His resignation ends his family's six-decade hold on power in Cuba.

Cuban Revolutionary Major Raul Castro is the brother of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. (Photo by © Lester Cole/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images). 20 January 1959

In pictures: Raúl Castro's career over six decades

Raúl Castro has stepped down as first secretary of Cuba's Communist Party ending a 60-year career.

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