{"id":239937,"date":"2021-06-04T14:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=239937"},"modified":"2021-06-04T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T18:53:47","slug":"cuba-raul-castro-turns-90-retired-from-political-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-raul-castro-turns-90-retired-from-political-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: Ra\u00fal Castro turns 90 \u201cretired\u201d from political life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Cuban President <\/span>Ra\u00fal Castro<\/span><\/a> turned 90 this Thursday, a few weeks after retiring from political life, although he still has a voice and a vote in the \u201cstrategic decisions of the country,\u201d on which he will continue to be consulted, according to the current President Miguel Diaz-Canel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The youngest of the Castros, who came to power on an interim basis in 2006 due to the illness of his brother Fidel and officially in 2008, transferred the post of the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) to D\u00edaz-Canel last April. during the 8th Congress of the political organization.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a succession that Ra\u00fal himself had already announced in 2018, when he left the presidency in the hands of the current president, to guarantee the continuity of the single-party socialist system and centralized economy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The last public appearance of the former president was precisely at the conclave of Cuban communists, where he was seen in apparent good physical condition, compared to the constant speculation about his health that regularly circulates on social networks.<\/span><\/p>\n

The as of now nonagenarian general maintains his political influence after the generational change in the 8th Congress of the PCC, a fact that the current President D\u00edaz-Canel reiterated this Thursday in an article in the official newspaper Granma, in which he praises the trajectory of his mentor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The publication, the official organ of the PCC, also dedicated a special supplement to the 90 years of the former president, an initiative replicated in other state media outlets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on Twitter, leaders of the island such as D\u00edaz-Canel himself or Prime Minister Manuel Marrero congratulated Ra\u00fal Castro, whom they describe as a \u201cbenchmark for Cuban communists,\u201d while highlighting the \u201ccolossal\u201d work undertaken by him in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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#FelicidadesRa\u00fal<\/a>, as\u00ed como cari\u00f1osamente lo llama el pueblo. Y tambi\u00e9n General de Ej\u00e9rcito, referente para cualquier comunista y revolucionario cubano pic.twitter.com\/BcUgWg3QIh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel Berm\u00fadez (@DiazCanelB) June 3, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n