Last term for Castro

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Cuban reelected President Raul Castro (L) delivers a speech during the new National Assembly meeting to choose a Council of State, at the Conventions Palace in Havana on February 24, 2013. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE

It’s the end of an era: Raul Castro announced Sunday he will step down as Cuba’s president after he finishes a final 5-year term. “This will be my last term,” Castro said, setting 2018 as the end of the Castro era.   He said he aims to set two-term limits and age caps for political office, including the presidency.  This marks significant change for a nation led by Castro or his older brother Fidel since Cuba’s 1959 revolution.  He named rising political star Miguel Diaz-Canel first in the line of succession.

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