Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360].
Raul Castro, 89, issued an announcement that he is stepping down as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba - the only one in the country - that has ruled the country for more than six decades, the first being his brother Fidel Castro.
Raúl Castro succeeded his brother, Fidel Castro, on April 19, 2011; the announcement was reportedly made by Fidel Castro, who said in 2006 that Raúl Castro would succeed him as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
Raul Castro remained in power for 5 years. The Cuban leader declared that the leadership of the party will be in the hands of a "younger generation", following the "anti-imperialist spirit".
This concludes the leadership of the Castro brothers, whose revolution in Cuba was born in 1959.
Although he made public his resignation from the Communist Party of Cuba, he did not proclaim himself in favor of a specific successor. This is only the beginning, since, with this announcement, the first day of sessions of the Congress of the Communist Party in Cuba opens; it will be four days from now when the Congress will determine his successor.
While his resignation means the end of the Castro's leadership, it does not mean the end of their ideals. Raúl Castro showed affinity with Miguel DÃaz-Canel, 60, who is currently the president of Cuba and who would succeed Raúl Castro from 2019 in the position as president and is the main candidate to emerge as the successor of the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.
In addition to this, he will have to preside over the Political Bureau of the said party as well as the Plenary Sessions of the Central Committee. The Communist Party of Cuba was created on October 3, 1965.
