For the first time in more than 60 years, a Castro will not be ruling Cuba, with Raul, brother of Fidel, stepping down as head of the country's all-powerful Communist Party, the Yahoo News website reports today (April 18, 2021).
The repressed island nation of 11 million people is at a precarious tipping point, with the economy in tatters and the clamor for personal freedoms growing as more Cubans gain access to the internet.
There have been protests, hunger strikes, and even clashes with police as an underground opposition movement has increasingly ventured into the open.
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