Rocha admitted to a four-decade betrayal of the US foreign service as a Cuban mole.
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Cubans are calling for change, with rare protests breaking out in July.
Miguel Díaz-Canel becomes head of Communist Party, and retains title of president.
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After six decades, Cuba will not have a Castro in an official position of command.
Move marks the first time in 62 years that Cuba will not have a leader that is named Castro.
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A new era dawns for Cuba for the first time in almost 60 years Communist country’s leader is not called Castro.
For the first time in six decades, Cuba will be led by a person who does not carry the name Castro.
Cuba is about to get a new president, and it will not be a Castro after nearly 60 years of their leadership.
A diversity of religious communities populate the capital Havana.
Artists, activists and Guevara’s descendants gather to commemorate the death of the revolutionary.
A look back at the life and legacy of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara.
A legendary friendship borne of youth and revolutionary zeal eventually succumbs to the strains of Cold War realpolitik.
‘The spectrum of human rights is wide. But what [the media] do is focus … on the bad parts and ignore the good stuff.’
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After the leader’s death and before his entombment, a Cuban journalist travelled around the country to gauge the mood.
