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'''Raul Castro''' (born 3 June 1931) is the younger brother of [[Fidel Castro]], and succeeded his brother as President of [[Cuba]] in 2008, having acted as de facto president since 2006. He was not elected to this position. He had previously been head of the Cuban armed forces.
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| image =[[Image:Raul Castro.jpg|200px]]
| name =Raul Castro
[[Image:Raul Castro.jpg]]
| birth =June 3, 1931 (age 92) <br/>Birán, Oriente Province, [[Cuba]]
| parents =Angel Castro y Argiz<br/>Lina Ruz González<br/>(out of wedlock)
| religion =Atheist
| education =Jesuit School of Colegio Dolores
| spouse =Vilma Espín
| children =
| death =
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| country =Cuba
| military =26th of July Movement<br/>(guerrilla organization)
| rank =n/a
| polbeliefs =[[Socialism]]<br/>[[Communism]]
| party =[[Communist Party of Cuba]]
| dictatordate =February, 2008-April 2018
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'''Raul Castro''' (born June 3, 1931) is the younger brother of [[Fidel Castro]], and succeeded his brother as President of [[Cuba]] in 2008, having acted as de facto president since 2006. He was not elected to this position. He had previously been head of the Cuban armed forces. Castro was an [[Atheism|atheist]] [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]] dictator. On April 19, 2018, Castro was succeeded by [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] as president.<ref>https://video.foxnews.com/v/5773272460001/</ref>
People still faced serious persecution under Castro's regime if they criticized the deceased Fidel Castro, as in the example of a Christian leader who was arrested in March 2017 and sentenced to three years in prison, a few months after his young children were arrested.<ref>Martel, Frances (March 22, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/03/22/cuba-christian-leader-receives-3-year-prison-sentence-for-anti-castro-comments/ Cuba: Christian Leader Receives 3-Year Prison Sentence for Anti-Castro Comments]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved March 23, 2017.</ref>
==See also==
* [[Friendly dictator]]
* [[List of Communist States]]
* [[List of Socialist States]]
* [[Death toll of communism]]
* [[Liberal totalitarianism]]
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