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The Trump istration has declared the most severe new sanctions against Cuba since President John F. Kennedy imposed an economic embargo banning all trade with the communist island in 1962.

“El claro favorito para reemplazar a Raúl Castro es el primer vicepresidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, de 57 años.Su ascenso representa una transferencia de poder de la ‘generación histórica’ que libró la Revolución Cubana de 1959”.

The clear favorite to replace Raúl Castro is Cuba’s 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Díaz-Canel. His ascension represents a transfer of power away from the “historic generation” that waged Cuba’s 1959 revolution. For any state born in revolution, the first transfer of power to a new generation is always politically risky.