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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises the eponymous main island as well as 4,195 islands, islets, and cays. Situated at the convergence of the Cari
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, conquistador of Cuba
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes is known as Father of the Homeland in Cuba, having declared its independence from Spain in 1868. Céspedes was killed by Spanish troops in 1874.
Human remains from the Cuban War of Independence after the Spanish reconcentration policy, 1898
The Pentarchy of 1933. Fulgencio Batista, who controlled the armed forces, appears at far right
Miguel Díaz-Canel
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Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is a Cuban politician and engineer who has served as the 8th First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and the top leader of Cuba since 2021. In 2019 he became the 17th
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…Period. In 2008, Castro retired after 49 years; Raúl Castro was elected his successor. Raúl retired as president of the Council of State in 2018, and Miguel Díaz-Canel was elected president by the National Assembly following parliamentary elections. Raúl retired as First Secretary of the Communist Party in 2021, and…
Díaz-Canel in 2025
Díaz-Canel with Russian president Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, 22 November 2022
Díaz-Canel with the supreme leader of Iran Ali Khamenei and Iranian president Ibrahim Raisi in 2023
Díaz-Canel with Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Paris, France, 22 June 2023