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U.S. social media company Twitter Inc has blocked the accounts of Cuban Communist Party Leader Raul Castro, his daughter Mariela Castro and Cuba's top state-run media outlets, a move the Cuban Union of Journalists denounced as "massive censorship".

HAVANA (AP) — Mariela Castro, a Cuban lawmaker and daughter of Communist Party chief Raul Castro, says she will push for gay marriage to be included in a constitutional reform process expected to begin in July.

BBC - Miguel Díaz-Canel has been sworn in as Cuba's new president, replacing Raúl Castro who took over from his ailing brother Fidel in 2006.

It is the first time since the revolution in 1959 that a Castro is not at the helm of the government.

Mr Díaz-Canel had been serving as first vice-president for the past five years.

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.

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.

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.

Cuba commemorates the first anniversary of the death of revolutionary father Fidel Castro on Nov. 25 as it looks ahead to the post-Castro era.

The Çankaya Municipality in the Turkish capital Ankara opened the "Fidel Castro Park" on Aug. 13, the birthday of the iconic Cuban leader.

Cuba's ambassador to Ankara, Alberto Gonzalez Casals, also attended the park's opening ceremony. 

Agustina del Carmen Castro Ruz, the youngest sibling of Fidel and Raul Castro, has died in Cuba. She was 78.

Agustina Castro died Sunday at a hospital in Havana due to complications from a recent surgery following a fractured hip, sister Juanita Castro said.

She told The Associated Press that Agustina had been in poor health for more than a year.