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Businesses and reducing restrictions on foreign travel cuba's new generation is optimistic that would like to travel i'd like to travel and see the world. while many cubans dream of change the social programs of the castros communist party remain popular dance canal a party loyalist is a cautious choice for a cautious country in cuba the revolution will not be jeopardized. well a journey now is dr park amar swami she is a cuban specialist at reading a university in the u.k. a very good afternoon this isn't exactly a transfer of power more like musical chairs. i know it's a little bit more than...

>> canel received 603 out of 604 votes. he was the sole candidate. he is the first non-castro to rule cuba in 60 years and is 30 years younger than the man he replaces. cuban officials say nothing will change and raule castro will remain head of the communist party. >> this will give continuity to the cuban revolution. >> critics agreed nothing has changed and the long awaited departure of the castros is no cause for celebration. >> this has been a farce, smoke and mirrors, nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. we know what happened there. this won't end well. that's wh...

Diaz-canel to succeed 86-year-old raul castro as president. miguel diaz-canel had been vice president since 2013 but it is notable that cuba now has leader who was born after the communist revolution that brought the castros to power. the castro reign again in january of 1959 after rebels led by fidel castro ousted a u.s.-backed dictator. fidel tangled with over a dozen u.s. presidents during nearly half a century in power. then he handed the leadership role to his brother and officially resigned as president. raoul was chose to succeed him. fidel died in 2016 at the age of 90. now, raoul was ...

Will change but the policy will not. as you reflect on this sort of historic moment happening in cuba, what do you make of the psychological significance, at least, of not having a castro in power? >> i think the castros, i think raul is going to be gone from the official title, but he's head of the military and the communist party. his relatives control the economy and the national assembly. this is part of a succession that's been planned to keep power with the oligarch even though they have to step down and bring a figure head in. >> well, so speaking of venezuela, you have mike pence out t...

Trump on his america first strategy. in a new york times op-ed titled when america no longer is a global force for good, says, quote, relinquishing the nation's moral authority in these difficult times will only embolden rivals and weaken ourselves which it will make a mockery of the very idea of america first, after donald trump announced his national security policy this week. raul castro stepping down as cuba's president, the 86-year-old took over in 2006 after fidel stepped down for health reasons, castros are ruled the islands since overthrowing dictator batista in 1959. the current vice ...