Raul Castro steps down as head of Communist Party of Cuba
NBC NEWS — Raul Castro is stepping down as the head of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most powerful position on the island, with few expectations of significant change among Cubans.
It is, however, a historic move — Castro and his late brother, Fidel Castro, have been in power since the 1959 revolution, NBC News reports.
The Communist Party’s eighth congress will begin Friday when it will certify President Miguel Díaz-Canel as the next party secretary-general and set policy guidelines. Raul Castro had said in 2018 he expected Díaz-Canel to replace him after his retirement in 2021. Díaz-Canel,...