Death and state funeral of Fidel Castro

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.

Tens of thousands of Cubans held up portraits of Fidel Castro and waved flags as they marched to the revolutionary leader's tomb on Dec. 4 to mark a year since his funeral.

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.

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivered a valedictory speech on April 20 to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.
     

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro (89) has addressed the 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba.

The gathering reelected his brother Raul to a new five-year mandate at the head of the party, according to Cuban media.

Future top leaders of Cuba's Communist party should retire at 70 to let in younger blood, President Raul Castro said on April 16, suggesting older members of the party hoping for promotion to the top table could play with their grandchildren instead.