Articles of Raul Castro

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Raúl receives vice president of Vietnam’s National Assembly Standing Committee

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Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee, yesterday afternoon February 19, received Tong Thi Phong, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Political Bureau and vice president of the country’s National Assembly Standing Committee, who was visiting Cuba on the invitation of the National Assembly of People’s Power.

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Raúl receives President of Ireland

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On the afternoon of February 15, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of Sate and Ministers of Cuba, received His Excellency Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, making an official visit to the country.

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Cuba’s 10 best-selling books of 2016

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Ten titles were the deserving winners of the Readers Prize awarded by the Cuban Book Institute, presented this year to the highest selling works between January 2016 and January 2017, sales of which surpassed 70% of their first printing.

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Fidel’s unwavering confidence in victory

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The Comandante en Jefe’s unwavering confidence in victory was recalled, and the reality that he continues to inspire the nation reaffirmed, during an event presided by Comandantes Ramiro Valdés Menéndez and Guillermo García Frías, on the 60th anniversary of this historic event which took place here, some 30 kilometers from the municipal seat, Media Luna.

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Raúl bids farewell to President Maduro

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On the afternoon of December 15, Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, bid farewell to Nicolás Maduro Moros, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, at Havana’s José Martí International Airport.

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“Fidel and Chávez set the goals, the ideas, and showed the way with their enduring example”

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Remarks by Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of the Councils of State and Ministers, during the act marking the 12th anniversary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-Peoples’ Trade Agreement (ALBA-TCP), and the 22nd anniversary of the first encounter between Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez. Havana International Conference Center, December 14, 2016, “Year 58 of the Revolution.”

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Raúl receives Russian Vice President Dimitri Rogozin

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On December 8, Army General Raúl Cas­tro Ruz, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, received Dimitri O. Rogozin, vice president of the Russian Federation, heading a delegation from his country to the 14th session of the Cuba-Russia Intergovernmental Commission for economic-trade and technical-scientific cooperation.

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A Good-by to Fidel in Santa Ifigenia

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When in front of the administrative building of Santa Ifigenia the military armor that has been passing through most of the Island with the cedar urn stopped, the members of the Political Bureau are already lined up with Army General Raúl Castro Ruz at the head near the esplanade opposite the austere monument where the ashes will rest. The mausoleum is a polished stone, just like those that abound on the banks of the Rio Cauto, but this one is granite, weighs more than 2,400 kilograms per square centimeter and comes from the site of Las Guásimas, east of Santiago de Cuba. In the heart of the rock, there is a square block where the urn goes, protected by a plaque bearing a single word: Fidel.

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Raúl leads meeting of National Council of Defense Socio-economic Body

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As part of the Bastion 2016 Strategic Exercise, President of the National Defense Council Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, led a meeting of the National Council of Defense’s Socio-economic Body.

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Raúl receives President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, President of Cuba’s Councils of State and Ministers, yesterday afternoon November 16, received Tran Dai Quang, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, who is making an official visit to our country.