The Castro era is about to come to an end in Cuba. Raul Castro announced his retirement from the post of party chief at the Communist Party’s annual conference on Friday.
However, the 89-year-old politician did not name anyone as his successor. He said in his speech that he wanted to hand over the leadership to the anti-imperialist and strong-willed young generation.
It is thought the current president of the island nation, Miguel Diaz Canel, may be chosen for the post at a four-day conference.
In 1959, the undisputed leader of the Communist Party, Fidel Castro, took the helm of the revolution. When he fell ill, Raul Castro has been Cuba’s president and party chief since 2006. He is seen as a more liberal ruler than Fidel.
Raul was not as rigid as Fidel, the elder, especially in the free market economy. Raul was interested in open talks with hostile states such as the United States in the interests of Cuba’s economic development.
