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Miguel Diaz-Canel was on Thursday formally elected as Cuba's new president, succeeding Raul Castro.
Cuba's Raul Castro was just hours away from retiring as president on Wednesday, with his vice president Miguel Diaz-Canel set to replace him in a shift that will usher in the island's first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution.
Miguel Diaz-Canel was proposed in Cuba`s parliament on Wednesday as the sole candidate to replace Raul Castro as president.
Castro said that Trump's decisions ignored large sectors of the US and most Cuban emigrants in support of lifting the embargo and normalising bilateral ties, and merely satisfied a small group in Florida.
The Cuban government`s traditional May Day parade Monday is the last to be overseen by President Raul Castro -- and the first without his late brother and revolutionary predecessor Fidel.
Travel to the Caribbean island from the United States has increased, with the start of direct flights and cruises and roaming agreements signed.
Gandarilla Bermejo will replace General Carlos Fernandez Gondin, 78, who died on Saturday after a long illness.
About 70,000 people have visited Cuban leader Fidel Castro`s tomb in the city of Santiago de Cuba over the past month since his interment.
Cuba opens a new era without the communist leader who ruled the island for decades.
In a major announcement on Saturday, Cuban President Raul Castro has said that the name and figure of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro will not be used for public places, streets or plazas nor will monuments, busts or statues be made in his memory as per his wishes.
The urn containing the remains of Castro, who died Friday at age 90, was covered by a Cuban flag and protected by a crystal covering as it was transported.
U.S. airlines launched the first regular flights to Havana in more than five decades on Monday.
President Raul Castro, Fidel`s 85-year-old younger brother, made the announcement of Fidel`s death on state television around midnight Friday.
"The name of this distinguished statesman is rightly considered the symbol of an era in modern world history," Putin said.
Some sang the Cuban national anthem, others shook up bottles of champagne and sprayed the fizz onto the crowd of revelers.
Fidel Castro, the bearded revolutionary, died eight years after ill health forced him to formally hand power over to brother Raul Castro.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit Cuba and Argentina next week in a bid to strengthen ties and boost trade, the government announced Tuesday.
Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a thaw in relations in December 2014.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe concluded a visit to Cuba Friday with condemnation of North Korea`s nuclear "provocations" and a request for help from Pyongyang`s ally Havana to pursue a "world without nuclear weapons."
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