19 Apr 2018
Raul Castro to be succeeded by technocrat in Cuba
For the first time since Cuba's revolution in 1959, the country is set to be led by someone who is not a Castro. Fidel Castro was in charge for 32 years until his brother Raul took over as president in 2008. Now the 86-year-old Raul Castro is standing down and despite some predictions, there won't be a Castro family dynasty. Alina Balseiro announced to the Cuban parliament that the sole candidate to succeed President Castro is the 57-year-old Vice President, Miguel Diaz Canel. Miami's director of the Cuban Studies Institute, Professor Jaime Suchlicki, explains the implications.