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Thousands in Cuba rally for Raul Castro to protest US indictment
Thousands of people are protesting outside the US embassy in Havana to show their support for Raul Castro.
![Cuba's former President Raul Castro claps during a ceremony marking the 69th anniversary of the July 26, 1953 rebel assault which late Cuban leader Fidel Castro led on the Moncada army barracks, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, July 26, 2022. [Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/image-1779310667.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Countries supplying oil to Cuba threatened with US tariffs
Trump signs executive order ramping up pressure on Havana’s oil supplies in wake of US abduction of Venezuela’s Maduro.
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Cuba receives remains of soldiers killed during Maduro capture
The bodies of 32 Cuban soldiers killed during the US bombing of Venezuela have been returned to Cuba.
Published On 16 Jan 2026
United Nations calls for end to US embargo on Cuba, again
Cuba denies US allegations of mercenary activity in Ukraine and insists the embargo is a form of collective punishment.
Cuban lawmakers vote in new five-year term for current president
The vote comes as Cuba struggles with an economic crisis that has pushed hundreds of thousands out of the country.
US to allow more flight routes to Cuba in latest restriction lift
Biden administration announced plan to lift Trump-era restrictions related to Cuba in May in bid to re-engage.
Cuba has a new leader and it’s not a Castro
Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of Communist Party, and retains title of president.
![Cuba's President and newly-elected First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during the closing session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party in Havana, Cuba, on April 19, 2021 [Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-19T173200Z_1098015844_RC25ZM9EK1UO_RTRMADP_3_CUBA-POLITICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
From: Inside Story
A new era in Cuba?
After six decades, Cuba will not have a Castro in an official position of command.
Published On 17 Apr 2021
EDITOR'S ANALYSIS
As Cuba turns page on Castro era, economic reform gains urgency
Cuba is now confronting new and dire economic challenges along with historic ones.
![Investors, analysts and Cuban citizens will all be watching this weekend's congress closely — and seeing how many more of the country's so-called 'historic generation' actually depart, as Raul Castro (centre) has. That, experts say, will be crucial to knowing whether economic change is actually in the cards or whether business will continue as usual [File: Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP19355685980477.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms his retirement
Move marks the first time in 62 years that Cuba will not have a leader that is named Castro.
![Raul Castro led Cuba's army, then succeeded his brother Fidel as president of the country, then first secretary of the Communist Party [File: Alejandro Ernesto/Pool/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2014-01-02T120000Z_505579105_GM1EA120SSZ01_RTRMADP_3_CUBA.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US-Cuba tensions on the rise five years after historic thaw
A hostile Trump administration and crises in Venezuela have left the landmark Obama-era detente hanging in the balance.
