World news about “Raul Castro” published by euronews.
Cuba: slow winds of change In this edition of Reporter, euronews travels to Cuba to talk to the people about the impact of reform on their lives. We meet a mountain guide who… 08/03/2013
Cuba’s Raul Castro to attend funeral for ‘invincible’ Chavez Cuba’s President Raul Castro has arrived in Caracas to attend the funeral of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, due to take place on March 8. Castro paid… 08/03/2013
Cuba: setting the table for private enterprise The times they are a changing in Cuba with President Raul Castro announcing he will stand down in five years time after having very slowly brought in some… 25/02/2013
Raul Castro to step down in 2018Cuban President Raul Castro has announced he will step down from power after his second term ends in 2018. He made the announcement at a meeting of the… 25/02/2013
Cuban President Castro jokes about retiringCuba’s President Raul Castro has joked to reporters that he is planning his retirement. The 81-year old, who succeeded his elder brother Fidel was visiting a… 23/02/2013
Castro appears in public to vote in CubaRetired Cuban leader Fidel Castro chatted with well-wishers and reporters in Havana as he voted in the country’s general election. It was the 86-year-old… 04/02/2013
Cubans flock to take advantage of new travel freedomDay one of a new law making it easier for Cubans to go abroad has brought queues at foreign embassies and travel agents. The hated exit permits that were so… 14/01/2013
Cubans eye foreign travel as restrictions easedA new law has come into force in Cuba designed to make it easier to travel abroad. After being in existence for 50 years, the hated exit permits that were… 14/01/2013
Chavez arrives in Cuba for cancer treatmentArriving in Cuba’s capital Havana, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez received a warm welcome from his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro. Chavez has returned to… 10/12/2012