Raul Castro

HAVANA - Through the Space Age, the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Internet era, Cubans held one constant: A Castro ruled the nation.

That is about to change.

Cuba is preparing for the end of an era next week when Raul Castro steps down as president, ending his family's six-decade grip on power and paving the way for a younger leader.

The President of the State Council and the Council of Ministers of Cuba, Raul Castro, confirmed to Parliament that he would withdraw from office in April 2018.

HAVANA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Cuban President Raul Castro in Havana on Friday.

Castro confirmed Serbia would have Cuba's support on the issue of Kosovo.

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BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic will on Wednesday travel to Cuba for an official two-day visit at the invitation of President Raul Castro.

Besides Castro, who is president of the Council of State, Vucic will meet with Esteban Lazo Hernandez, president of the National Assembly of People's Power.

President Aleksandar Vucic will pay an official visit to Cuba on December 13-15, his office announced on Tuesday.

According to a statement, Vucic will meet with President of the Republic of Cuba and of the State Council Raul Castro, as well as with President of the National Assembly of the People's Power Esteban Lazo Hernandez.

According to a statement, Vucic will meet with President of the Republic of Cuba and of the State Council Raul Castro, as well as with President of the National Assembly of the People's Power Esteban Lazo Hernandez.

Vucic is also planned to tour the Special Development Zone Mariel and the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.

Cuban voters will take part today in the first round of universal elections. More than eight million Cuban residents are urged to go to the polls for the first time since the death of the Cuban revolution leader, Fidel Castro, a year ago.

The United States is warning Americans against visiting Cuba and ordering more than half of U.S. personnel to leave the island, senior officials said Friday, in a dramatic response to what they described as “specific attacks” on diplomats.

The Trump administration is considering closing the recently reopened United States Embassy in Havana after 21 Americans associated with the embassy experienced a host of unexplained health problems.

Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday that such a closing was “under evaluation.”