Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Appears at Military Event After Hospitalization
State TV showed the 95-year-old in uniform as health rumors faded and Cuba marked the 65th anniversary of its elite protection unit.
- Former Cuban President Raúl Castro appeared in public Saturday, ending weeks of health rumors. The 95-year-old wore his traditional olive-green military uniform, confirming his stable condition after reports of grave illness.
- Rumors regarding Castro's health intensified after his absence from a July rally marking the Cuban Revolution's anniversary. Though he holds no formal government position, experts view the 95-year-old as the regime's most influential behind-the-scenes figure.
- State television broadcast more than 10 minutes of footage showing Castro attending a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the Personal Security Directorate. President Miguel Díaz-Canel praised the agency's origins in the revolutionary struggle.
- The broadcast featured Castro's grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, nicknamed 'El Cangrejo,' who reportedly participated in recent stalled talks with the United States. Authorities from both nations have acknowledged these conversations occurred following the energy blockade.
- While Castro remains a central figure in regime stability, he faces ongoing legal challenges including a 1996 indictment by a U.S. federal grand jury for his role in downing two civilian aircraft. Cuban authorities have long rejected these accountability efforts.
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Media reports are swirling about the deteriorating health of 95-year-old Raúl Castro, raising questions about what will happen to Cuba's communist regime after the death of its most powerful member. Castro still controls the country, but his official successor has yet to be named.
Raúl Castro, brother of the late revolutionary and dictator of Cuba Fidel, reappeared in public at a military ceremony held in the capital Havana, thus denouncing the voices about his state of health circulated in recent days on some conservative U.S. media. During the event he was also ironized about such voices, who wanted him victim of a stroke or even died: a musical duo intervened in the ceremony sang - in front of a smiling Raúl - a song w…
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With energetic slaps, and among cheerleaders of the military, former Cuban president Raúl Castro (2008-2018), reappeared in an act for the 65th anniversary of the Directorate of Personal Security of the Ministry of the Interior, as shown by a report of the state television news. During this media return, Castro was accompanied by the top government, with ... Continue reading "Raúl Castro reappears in an official act in Cuba after rumors about ho…
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