Castro’s endorsement of the Warsaw Pact's suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968 led to an incremental improvement in Cuba’s relations with the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc.
Raúl Castro said in 2018 he wanted Díaz-Canel to be his successor as party leader. Iconic leader Raúl Castro is expected to step down as First Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) as the ...