Photos: Cuba holds May Day celebrations amid US threats
March celebrating International Workers’ Day coincided with announcement of further US sanctions on island.
![Cuba's President and newly-elected First Secretary of the Communist Party Miguel Diaz-Canel speaks during the closing session of the 8th Congress of the Communist Party in Havana, Cuba, on April 19, 2021 [Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-19T173200Z_1098015844_RC25ZM9EK1UO_RTRMADP_3_CUBA-POLITICS.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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From: Inside Story
A new era in Cuba?
After six decades, Cuba will not have a Castro in an official position of command.
Published On 17 Apr 2021
EDITOR'S ANALYSIS
As Cuba turns page on Castro era, economic reform gains urgency
Cuba is now confronting new and dire economic challenges along with historic ones.
![Investors, analysts and Cuban citizens will all be watching this weekend's congress closely — and seeing how many more of the country's so-called 'historic generation' actually depart, as Raul Castro (centre) has. That, experts say, will be crucial to knowing whether economic change is actually in the cards or whether business will continue as usual [File: Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/AP19355685980477.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Castro era in Cuba to end as Raul confirms his retirement
Move marks the first time in 62 years that Cuba will not have a leader that is named Castro.
![Raul Castro led Cuba's army, then succeeded his brother Fidel as president of the country, then first secretary of the Communist Party [File: Alejandro Ernesto/Pool/Reuters]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2014-01-02T120000Z_505579105_GM1EA120SSZ01_RTRMADP_3_CUBA.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
US-Cuba tensions on the rise five years after historic thaw
A hostile Trump administration and crises in Venezuela have left the landmark Obama-era detente hanging in the balance.
US sanctions Cuba’s Castro for supporting Venezuela’s Maduro
The sanctions block Raul Castro and his immediate family from entering the United States, Pompeo says.
Cuban parliament unanimously approves electoral law
The electoral law allows for both a president and a prime minister but bars a multiparty system.
Cuba marks 60th anniversary of its leftist revolution
Decades after his brother overthrew Cuba’s US-backed leader, Raul Castro slams Washington for return to confrontation.
Cuba’s new president pledges continuity
Miguel Diaz-Canel’s election marks first time in nearly six decades the Communist country will not be led by a Castro.
From: Inside Story
Will a new president mean change for Cuba?
A new era dawns for Cuba for the first time in almost 60 years Communist country’s leader is not called Castro.
Published On 19 Apr 2018
Miguel Diaz-Canel set to become Cuba’s next president
It will be the first time in nearly six decades that the island country will not be led by a Castro.
