Raul Castro steps down as secretary-general of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most powerful position in the country. President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who represents a younger generation, will take over.
damn, shitty editorial aside, that's pretty dope the dude lasted till 90. I mean part of me has issue with an age like that still in a position of power. However i genuinely don't know how well he did his job still at that age since not everyone completely looses it in their old age, so it's not fair to blanketly state it's bad IMO. Regardless, that's an impressive timeline for him serving since the revolution, that makes me think he was pretty fuckin good regardless of age due to principles and history. im surprised they even mentioned the bay of pigs in that article the most actually lmao
Castro was only running the Communist Party, the actual president was and is Diaz-Canel, who now also has Castro's position. Honestly seems like a pretty smart and well paced hand-off to the new generation.
damn, shitty editorial aside, that's pretty dope the dude lasted till 90. I mean part of me has issue with an age like that still in a position of power. However i genuinely don't know how well he did his job still at that age since not everyone completely looses it in their old age, so it's not fair to blanketly state it's bad IMO. Regardless, that's an impressive timeline for him serving since the revolution, that makes me think he was pretty fuckin good regardless of age due to principles and history. im surprised they even mentioned the bay of pigs in that article the most actually lmao
good example of demcent being a solid strategy.
Castro was only running the Communist Party, the actual president was and is Diaz-Canel, who now also has Castro's position. Honestly seems like a pretty smart and well paced hand-off to the new generation.
definitely agree, thanks for the info too
It's quite likely that he was a figure head for a lot of it and that the heavy lifting was done by other senior party officials with his blessing.