In this photo released by Cuba’s state-run media Cubadebate, Cuba’s President Raul Castro, center left, enters the National Assembly followed by his successor Miguel Diaz-Canel, center right, for the start of two-day legislative session in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Cuban assembly selected the 57-year-old First Vice President as the sole candidate to succeed Castro on Wednesday, in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country’s single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. (Irene Perez/Cubadebate via AP) A poster of Fidel Castro and Cuba’s President Raul Castro stands in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed Raul Castro in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country’s single-party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Legislator Mariela Castro Espin, casts her ballot to choose new leadership for the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Cuba’s legislature opened a two-day session that is to elect a successor to President Castro. (Adalberto Roque/Pool via AP) Members of the National Assembly meet during the start of two-day… Read full this story
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